Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:33:06 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: vd@datamax.bg Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Add distinfo in +CONTENTS? Message-ID: <op.s3k4dgq69aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20060118095742.GA1854@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> References: <op.s3j04luy9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20060118095742.GA1854@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:57:42 -0600, Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:25:23PM -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> Hello folks, >> >> What do anyone think of add distinfo (filename, md5, sha256 and size) in >> the +CONTENTS? > > As I see the idea of the +CONTENTS file is to store what the port has > installed, but the original archive has nothing to do with that. So I > guess +CONTENTS is not the appropriate place for this. Good point, go with +DISTINFO. Cheers, Mezz >> I think it will gaining more features for our third party apps to use it >> such as portupgrade, portmaster, and etc can clean the old or un-use >> tarballs in the distfiles more correct. Also, maybe add a new flag in >> pkg_add that can display the full info that look like distinfo, so if >> author, developer or whatever want to know what kind of tarball you have >> used in case if they re-rolled tarball w/out have your or maintainer >> knowledge. > > It seems a good idea to have the distinfo stored somewhere in > /var/db/pkg/appname/ -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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