Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 17:49:00 +0200 From: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "Chris H" <bsd-lists@1command.com> Subject: Re: Please remove Perl from ports Message-ID: <20130801174900.68fa46eb@mr129166> In-Reply-To: <622977670ec4e80b844c5c6c978ae6f6.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> References: <622977670ec4e80b844c5c6c978ae6f6.authenticated@ultimatedns.net>
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Le Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:31:45 -0700 (PDT), "Chris H" <bsd-lists@1command.com> a écrit : > Greetings, > I currently manage several RELENG_8 servers. Recent changes in the > manner in which base && ports must be managed have resulted in more > than a fair amount of grief. the migration from cv(sup) --> subversion > required re-working long standing, carefully crafted management > procedures to be pitched to the trash, and re-invented. A recent > change to the Perl installation structure presents an entire new set > of headaches, rendering up(grading|dating) near, if not completely > impossible. that's not new. A perl upgrade was always painful. I suggest to use poudriere to build yours packages and pkgng to manage them. As poudriere produces a consistent set of packages, an upgrade is painless (pkg upgrade -f) and you can deploy them on several machines. In fact poudriere and pkg saved me :) Regards.
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