From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 28 01:55:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E567A106566C for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:55:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rflynn@acsalaska.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F5C18FC12 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:55:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (squeeze.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.30]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE457E854; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:55:18 -0900 (AKST) Message-ID: <4F4C3411.5090709@acsalaska.net> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:55:29 +0100 From: Mel Flynn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olivier Smedts References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Royce Williams , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -> portmaster Rosetta Stone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:55:23 -0000 On 2/27/2012 11:18, Olivier Smedts wrote: > Now I only need to find a way to "ignore" the errors when creating a > backup package if there was a plist problem, and it will be really > fine. It's much easier to not use the feature and use -g as there's a greater chance that the package created during a successful installation will work for restoring purposes. Also, plist problems of past revisions are not interesting, but plist problems of up-to-date packages should generate PR's. All in all, the backup feature is only useful as convenience for when an install fails, but in my experience generates more noise then you're saving. -- Mel