Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 19:18:32 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: samba-2.2.0_1 Message-ID: <20010513191832.A86950@rapier.smartspace.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20010513191303.B18437@mail.webmonster.de>; from karsten@rohrbach.de on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 07:13:03PM %2B0200 References: <200105110520.IAA31408@ipcard.iptcom.net> <XFMail.010512154807.jdp@polstra.com> <20010512182216.A90400@FreeBSD.org> <20010513191303.B18437@mail.webmonster.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun 2001-05-13 (19:13), Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote: > with that specifice setup we could also remove heuristics for > recognition of a package version from /var/db/pkg by creating > /var/db/pkg/repo/<name>-<version> and symlinking that from > /var/db/pkg/<name>. > > this, as a direct consequence, would enable us to implement an upgrade > tarket to the ports make system which would deinstall the old version > and install the new version without guessing the names and versions like > it is currently done. As I've mentioned to you before, there is no difference between "foo/1.3" and "foo-1.3". It won't make upgrading or whatever any easier to change it to your scheme. It might look nicer to some or something, but it won't make a difference technically. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010513191832.A86950>