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Date:      Tue, 5 Dec 2017 10:35:05 +0100
From:      Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, tatsuki_makino@hotmail.com
Subject:   Re: Working on FLAVOR support in portmaster
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Aloha Stefan,
On 05.12.2017 08:35, Stefan Esser wrote:
> Am 05.12.17 um 00:43 schrieb Tatsuki Makino:
>> By the way, where is the clever way to update to flavor?
>> I am using portmaster.
> 
> I'm working on FLAVOR support in portmaster. My version did already build
> all updated ports, the FLAVOR parameter is passed to build sub-processes,
> but there is still some confusion between multiple flavored versions of the
> same port (installing the py27 version wants to deinstall the py36 version
> and vice versa), which I still have to fix.

Great news. I was starting today and just read your email. Lucky me :D

> My work version has all non PKG_NG support stripped, but that is mainly to
> not waste effort fixing irrelevant sub-routines.
> 
> Is it acceptable, to have portmaster stop supporting the old package system?
> AFAIK, there is no way that a modern ports tree with flavor support works
> with a non-PKG_NG infrastructure?

This was something i aimed for in portmaster 2 since many changes were 
very subtle and there is no test-suite.

But if there are some volunteers to test, i'm fine with it right now.

Greetings,
Torsten
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