Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:07:25 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need testers: modifying ports so dependencies are automatically updated at make install time Message-ID: <43BA932D.5090207@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <BD4AA516-13B5-4ADF-8C80-081BE575FF1D@khera.org> References: <200512301209.37040.ringworm01@gmail.com> <BD4AA516-13B5-4ADF-8C80-081BE575FF1D@khera.org>
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Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2005, at 3:09 PM, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > >> I put together a PR that modifies a port so that when: >> >> make or make install >> >> is run, if any of the ports dependencies are out of date >> they are updated first before installing the port. Another > > That would be problematic for me. There are times when an updated > port suffers a regression and automagically upgrading it without an > escape clause is bad. > Probably would be better off having it off by default, and a knob to turn it on. i.e. "make PORT_AUTOSUP=yes install clean" __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584
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