Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 13:38:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Melvyn Sopacua <melvyn@magemana.nl> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, marino@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Ports mailing list <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Jakob Breivik Grimstveit <jakob@grimstveit.no> Subject: Re: Repair pkgng Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404091337000.724@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404092014390.2238@fire.magemana.nl> References: <CAFVH1KULq8wfn4HDTE6L6v5hg0XQhYZFOj4QVfsCVUMZ9hTKGw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404082141290.61221@fire.magemana.nl> <CAN6yY1tAUuua5CsrZOgVnLZrk88rzFqNMi2opakejPPExROcSA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404091234120.72830@fire.magemana.nl> <534527D6.5000802@marino.st> <CAN6yY1snD6=aHLz8CPbBY_SdRYomfR4wFz0fBhYmFwLPikWMNw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404092014390.2238@fire.magemana.nl>
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2014, Melvyn Sopacua wrote: > Hi, > > So, after the detour... > > >>> On 4/9/2014 12:38, Melvyn Sopacua wrote: > >>>> Though it makes no sense in my mind. Distfiles belong to ports not >>>> packages. What problem was solved by moving this? > > This still doesn't make sense. Distfiles are of no concern to binary > packages, so why would I continue to clutter /var/db/pkg with a large > tree of directories that is then duplicated to /var/db/ports? portmaster creates a file in /var/db/pkg/portnamedistfiles. It's not a directory, just a list of distfiles used by the port and their checksums.
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