Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:02:34 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death Message-ID: <20110427150234.GA85280@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <C9DDA757.1EA41%freebsdlists-ports@chillibear.com> References: <20110427091441.GA50124@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <C9DDA757.1EA41%freebsdlists-ports@chillibear.com>
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Quoth Eric on Wednesday, 27 April 2011:
> > From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
> > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:14:41 +0100
> > To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
> > Subject: Re: saving a few ports from death
> >=20
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 03:55:56PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote:
> >>=20
> >> My search for "popularity" metrics is intended to point me, as a
> >> maintainer, to ports I might want to adopt now, rather than wait for
> >> someone to complain about them. Everything *I* use is already
> >> maintained, so I've moved on to looking for things other people might
> >> need. But I don't want to waste my time on something that nobody uses.
> >> :)
> >=20
> > Interesting..
> >=20
> > I used this sh(1) script to find
> > unmaintained ports that I use.
> > (I couldn't find a way to do the
> > job with the existing tools like
> > pkg_info or portmaster):
> >=20
> > #!/bin/sh
> >=20
> > prefix=3D/usr/ports/
> > makefile=3D/Makefile
> >=20
> > for file in `pkg_info -oxa | grep "/"`
> > do
> > yes=3D`grep MAIN ${prefix}${file}${makefile} | grep ports`
> > if [ -n "$yes" ]
> > then
> > echo $file
> > fi
> > done
> >=20
>=20
> [SNIP]
>=20
> Small observation, since that script picks up all of us who use 'ports' in
> our maintainer email addresses (myself for example), might I suggest the
> following tweak to your script (full address and checking for file
> existence):
>=20
> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> prefix=3D/usr/ports/
> makefile=3D/Makefile
>=20
> for file in `pkg_info -oxa | grep "/"`
> do
> if test -f ${prefix}${file}${makefile}
> then
> yes=3D`grep MAIN ${prefix}${file}${makefile} | grep -i 'ports@freebsd\.=
org'`
> if [ -n "$yes" ]
> then
> echo $file
> fi
> fi
> Done
>=20
Good catch -- even with that change, my list has 57 ports in it
(including, ironically, sysutils/bsdstats). A lot of the ones on my list
are requirements for other ports, though.
--=20
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