Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 14:52:49 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports with duplicate LATEST_LINKS Message-ID: <40A612A1.3020801@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <200405150313.i4F3DagV071595@8ball.rtp.freebsd.org> References: <200405150313.i4F3DagV071595@8ball.rtp.freebsd.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Dear port maintainers,
>
> The following list includes ports maintained by you that have duplicate
> LATEST_LINK values. They should either be modified to use a unique
> LATEST_LINK or suppressed using NO_LATEST_LINK, to avoid overwriting
> each other in the packages/Latest directory. If your ports conflict with
> ports maintained by another person, please coordinate your efforts with
> them.
Kris, please don't suggest using NO_LATEST_LINK. Just recommend to set
LATEST_LINK to a unique value, so that pkg_add -r ${LATEST_LINK} works.
Most port committers don't use packages, so this feature is not widely
understood.
Thanks
Oliver
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