Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:01:50 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@1command.com> To: "Mark Felder" <feld@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please remove Perl from ports Message-ID: <bef031a57ddff08bcf07130538689e28.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <1375372066.32718.4618055.71C55506@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <622977670ec4e80b844c5c6c978ae6f6.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <1375372066.32718.4618055.71C55506@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Greetings Mark, and thank you for your thoughtful reply. > I can't comment on the perl changes directly, but I can assure you that > if you use port-mgmt/pkg (pkgng) and build your ports into packages via > ports-mgmt/poudriere you will have zero upgrade problems -- a simple > "pkg upgrade" will handle the scenario properly. I really haven't tried > following UPDATING with portmaster/portupgrade to see what happens. I'd > suspect that portmaster is doing something wrong, but further > investigation is really necessary to have a solid conclusion of what > happened on your server(s). While that sounds real nice. The *current* upgrade will need to *successfully* complete, before attempting to "jump tracks", and re-create an up(grade|date) policy. :) > > For the first time in ages the ports environment on FreeBSD is rapidly > evolving. There are many, many new features that benefit the whole of > the userbase and will ease support and deployment across the board. > We're trying to limit turbulence, but sometimes things are > unforeseeable. This is the nature of the incredible flexibility of > FreeBSD's ports; "there's more than one way to do something." Sounds a bit "Perlish". :) Thanks again. --chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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