From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 3 09:14:11 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF41842 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 09:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@skew.org) Received: from chilled.skew.org (chilled.skew.org [70.90.116.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 699431F56 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 09:14:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from chilled.skew.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chilled.skew.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r539E3AP038858 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 03:14:04 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from mike@chilled.skew.org) Received: (from mike@localhost) by chilled.skew.org (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id r539E393038857 for freebsd-doc@freebsd.org; Mon, 3 Jun 2013 03:14:03 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from mike) From: Mike Brown Message-Id: <201306030914.r539E393038857@chilled.skew.org> Subject: Re: Handbook suggestion: Dealing with Moved Ports In-Reply-To: To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 03:14:03 -0600 (MDT) X-Whoa: whoa. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL125 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:14:11 -0000 > Personally I put a note in UPDATING if it's a version switch, because > these shouldn't normally be done automatically. > [...] > Anyone disagree with me, or shall I document that? :) The response I got on the freebsd-ports list seems to disagree.[1] Maybe you should post there? I personally think it should be in UPDATING, because 1. the normal method of upgrading (portmaster nameofport) does not work; one must invoke the "-o" option; and 2. how to deal with a moved port like this is not documented; I only guessed at "-o" because I've seen it in lots of UPDATING entries. I feel we should document it either way. It would be especially useful if it's true that UPDATING is for bigger gotchas than this kind of move. -Mike [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-May/083946.html