Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:45:17 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r304411 - head Message-ID: <CADLo83-YFsYN4s-rCE0YHXMjgvzv3JKYJ3fuC9Lz_ZJX6s51zg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5057615E.40502@FreeBSD.org> References: <201209171714.q8HHEEtY057677@svn.freebsd.org> <50575D0F.6090502@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83_Rg9vvMZ8HA3s71nfZ0oePcodHcWv84Sbbdhg1iM_o-g@mail.gmail.com> <50576033.2090201@FreeBSD.org> <5057615E.40502@FreeBSD.org>
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On 17 September 2012 18:43, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 9/17/2012 12:38 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 09/17/2012 10:30, Chris Rees wrote: >>> On 17 September 2012 18:25, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> Is the pkg syntax actually backwards from both portupgrade and portmaster? >>> >>> From man pkg-set: >>> >>> -o [<oldorigin>:<neworigin>] >>> >>> So yes :) >> >> Thanks to everyone who replied. >> >> My point was not, "Teach me the pkg syntax for the -o option." My point >> was, "It's stupid for pkg to use exactly the opposite syntax from the 2 >> most popular ports management tools for the same option flag." >> >> > > It's a bit too late to change it. There's no point in > discussing/debating it at this point (past 1.0). This is something that > could have been changed before the first official release. Also... it doesn't do the same thing either. Chris
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