Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 13:48:12 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> To: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Planned deprecation of portsnap Message-ID: <20200805114812.x7z5tccvkemg3qqv@aching.in.mat.cc> In-Reply-To: <20200805124026.54ab622f@raksha.tavi.co.uk> References: <b920d0e6-72d3-b37c-e57e-6d027292e8db@FreeBSD.org> <2b2b28ea-827f-fc62-3e6a-f8b6fa064e76@selasky.org> <20200805113210.k7fuo7zokz2aivke@aching.in.mat.cc> <20200805124026.54ab622f@raksha.tavi.co.uk>
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--2smlbtxrr2b2sntg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 12:40:26PM +0100, Bob Eager wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 13:32:10 +0200 > Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 12:59:18PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > On 2020-08-04 20:43, Steve Wills wrote: =20 > > > >=20 > > > > We are planning to deprecate use of portsnap in ports. > > > >=20 > > > > The reasons are as follows (in no particular order): > > > >=20 > > > > * Portsnap doesn't support quarterly branches, even years after > > > > quarterly branches were created and changed to the default for > > > > non-HEAD packages. =20 > > >=20 > > > Hi, > > >=20 > > > Maybe some silly questions already answered: > > >=20 > > > 1) portsnap is populating /usr/ports . Is this location still > > > hardcoded for ports tree installations, or can it be installed > > > anywhere? > > >=20 > > > 3) Should /usr/ports be removed from any mtree files? =20 > >=20 > > The default location for the ports tree is taken from the PORTSDIR > > environment variable, and it defaults to /usr/ports. > >=20 >=20 > Is that true for installation __of the tree__, as asked? If so, how is > it set? Well, portsnap has a default value hardcoded, otherwise, the value is taken from /usr/share/mk, like most default values. --=20 Mathieu Arnold --2smlbtxrr2b2sntg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAABCgB9FiEEVhwchfRfuV0unqO5KesJApEdfgIFAl8qnHhfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDU2 MUMxQzg1RjQ1RkI5NUQyRTlFQTNCOTI5RUIwOTAyOTExRDdFMDIACgkQKesJApEd fgLIJA/+KsQ+khbtI5c+4TFxG5TEdAPZs9WFqakSo9j6keKQSfEMrumraoUKpGBs gz6q6mWX5GJHMOUZBQwdxQHQp/7guQO/gmKDyU0CespXuW4w9UcXtBi+bI6oV1ai kEyoLYVITDarvTh2D8kCiN8mgGGvKuV52+eKh0gzSd5eCKKVuqhhfsar8pdnoadh k6hr5qQcXQFDtq5Qvfg5xQdRKePi4eYegUwnEkN7MUnOM9OY2jU6vQIJjJaxxkrb cF0AbQEgLfmhZzZNMjIDli5oOCUsEcDfdbQ31e+FiEtyn7mCETgUoVGq6mAFfbXF 7gDqNClnVNgoLd4gPbaQQNUOtFUnPVSJ4DUxSRnvTIu1ECYiQwzdeLQqbkpsbA5r 3BKb4UCc9W5059UOiCDO4HRlD2a9SyPWi+8f295NvCVDWNPlyTN3qA0hhZz4PyGc +rkM73VUUwVKXeVRsT8RjsnrsAMdnKq6C8Feq4iGi1TcrrzuAQa/8NGavmkpsmyY yLjZ4n1S8QD+emKogA4sRLcuSaGd+oeCuc/HV9S8k5Zws+ol9ko5eOiHxeD8q5wJ d0YfcMUoW54RYsxgmoKGvVba4NNbzUlPYwEdZ54Fag+/01X8AOPIVobKtCwL7eLs FgAyCpkE4o33UHwy8SDqs9Di4g612EX3IaerNxS+olRNrouv3Ag= =h/2g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2smlbtxrr2b2sntg--
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