From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 6 13:31:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6821065670 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:31:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Received: from smtp-out-04.shaw.ca (smtp-out-04.shaw.ca [64.59.134.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D138C8FC14 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:31:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lb7f8hsrpno-svcs.dcs.int.inet (HELO pd6ml3no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca) ([10.0.144.222]) by pd5mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 06 Sep 2012 07:30:35 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.1 cv=gFGh1ScE7ROJHT2jhivHYaSHya8441O0LZB7wkhlVyo= c=1 sm=1 a=QrugwKR0C_UA:10 a=wAGQQ9Az6v0A:10 a=BLceEmwcHowA:10 a=ICAaq7hcmGcA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=IbtKDeXwb2+SRU442/pi3A==:17 a=BWvPGDcYAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=3BEUvlPrH1EvTG2TPCkA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=V7tsTZBp22UA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Received: from unknown (HELO spqr.komquats.com) ([96.50.7.119]) by pd6ml3no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 06 Sep 2012 07:30:34 -0600 Received: from slippy.cwsent.com (slippy2 [10.1.2.91]) by spqr.komquats.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FEED158; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:30:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slippy.cwsent.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q86DUYbM009694; Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:30:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@komquats.com) Message-Id: <201209061330.q86DUYbM009694@slippy.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3 From: Cy Schubert X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com X-URL: http://www.komquats.com/ To: Chris Rees In-Reply-To: Message from Chris Rees of "Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:07:57 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:30:34 -0700 Cc: Harlan Stenn , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Automatic Port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Cy Schubert List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:31:43 -0000 In message , Chris Rees writes: > --000e0cdfc7bc127afc04c9025077 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 6 Sep 2012 05:57, "Cy Schubert" wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm considering a -devel port which checks out from our upline's VCS repo, > > also generating a dynamic plist. I'm sure this is possible. Are there any > > examples of this? > > It's possible, but you can't then do distinfo checks. > > I don't think it's a good idea for this reason. The distinfo checks are there to verify the integrity of the tarball. Should a VCS become compromised any resulting tarball created by an upline would also be compromised and our distinfo would ensure the integrity of compromised source. In the case of a tarball which is rolled multiple times a week, e.g. ntp-devel, or daily, e.g. fwbuilder's devel branch, it would become a daily chore to maintain the latest devel package, in which case one would need to roll an updated port once every couple of weeks, kind of like a snapshot approach. I think I've seen only one port over the years use a VCS (CVS) to check out its source files. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org