Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:39:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removed ports - looking from the bench Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109101228040.5855@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_jp3Orrjp0LvVRnwxY-RL=0e8PSXmEruwaH7TsLZ7=VA@mail.gmail.com> References: <4E6B1AF5.7090900@tomse.dk> <4E6B227B.5050708@FreeBSD.org> <4E6B77EE.6030509@gmx.de> <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> <CADLo83_jp3Orrjp0LvVRnwxY-RL=0e8PSXmEruwaH7TsLZ7=VA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Chris Rees wrote: > On 10 September 2011 18:15, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 04:45:02PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: >>> >>> I want to make installing dead ports harder for users. >> >> Why? >> > > Someone who wants to install a port that has been deprecated and > removed should really have enough skills to check a port out of the > Attic at least-- it's one command line. I don't see how much simpler > it could get: > > cvs -d __insert_anoncvs_host_here co -D "day_before_port_was_deleted" > ports/category/dead_port Finding the values for a (working) anoncvs_host and "day_before_port_was_deleted" are nontrivial. portdowngrade still has the first, but makes the second easy. I've never tried it for bringing back a removed port, though.
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