Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:12:03 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?S3J6eXN6dG9mIErEmWRydWN6eWs=?= <kjedruczyk@fastmail.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: RE: libpqxx - Postgres client interface C++ library. Message-ID: <5112AB03.8010401@fastmail.net>
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> Hi! > >> ** Port deleted on 2012-11-28: databases/postgresql-libpqxx >> Has expired: No more public distfiles > >> I am new to FreeBsd and the ports system. I am also doing database >> support with Postgres in this environment. >> >> libpqxx has been a very useful package and seems stable I do not understand >> the "Has Expired: No more public distfiles" comment as the reason >> for dropping the port? I just noticed the same myself, so I'd like to add my $.02 > > databases/postgresql-libpqxx > > was for libpqxx-2.x.x. Actually this port was upgraded to pqxx 4.0 sometime in 2012 (rev 299158)... > > It looks like there is a different port: > > databases/postgresql-libpqxx3 > > for libpqxx-3.1. Do you require the 2.x.x instead of the 3.x ? This is an old one... > >> Is there any further detail on why it was dropped. > > It was dropped because nobody told the ports collection where the > libpqxx-2.x.x source can still be found. There seems to be no master site > left anywhere ? Funny thing is that from what I can see it never moved anywhere and is accessible from exactly same master site mentioned in last revision of port's Makefile: MASTER_SITES= http://pqxx.org/download/software/libpqxx/ > >> How does this work ? Is the pqxx.org >> obligated to update the port on a periodic basis ? > > No, it's not, but the source code should still be available from > some official master site. > > If you know some master site for 2.x.x, tell us about it and the port > can be resurrected. Just checked, the libpqxx-4.0.tar.gz available on the site matches sha256 in distinfo... Can we resurrect it then? -- Best regards, Krzysztof Jędruczyk
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