Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:50:57 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removed ports - looking from the bench Message-ID: <CADLo838diMixxDbpUFXmcLirOLkwUx__zn_oMZ_G_BbEoDjn3Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109101228040.5855@wonkity.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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109101228040.5855@wonkity.com>
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On 10 September 2011 19:39, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > 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. =A0portdowngrade still has = the > first, but makes the second easy. =A0I've never tried it for bringing bac= k a > removed port, though. Another committer has also suggested looking on cvsweb and using 'Download as tarball'. cvsweb can also be used to find the day the port was deleted. Chris
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