From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 18:51:29 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CB21065741 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBA0B8FC0C for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxk36 with SMTP id 36so2881924yxk.13 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:51:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Raj4SwYVIsCvvNjndj6GmwHIm5QFHG0WggFK52A5bI8=; b=nK5+UFbx/WvK1sn7Hyh7Ck3svbDilpxdxyzXLb5PBLuOIFFyglUxOWONMELprPE1Eu SbSZ8vU69/6UuYAh9z/fB/icHhAgjQ+wV8tV7xiKTFtIc/nPWXS26VKkSfVfaxlBSFxw m3i6T9Uh2u2rKkrgzVlKpLIbZG/WdnFrIYrQo= Received: by 10.43.132.130 with SMTP id hu2mr2110874icc.352.1315680687934; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:51:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.61.148 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:50:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E6B1AF5.7090900@tomse.dk> <4E6B227B.5050708@FreeBSD.org> <4E6B77EE.6030509@gmx.de> <20110910171530.GC23457@guilt.hydra> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:50:57 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Slq_W-j79yr4gODD-qHYnkjrkrw Message-ID: To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removed ports - looking from the bench X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:29 -0000 On 10 September 2011 19:39, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Chris Rees wrote: > >> On 10 September 2011 18:15, Chad Perrin 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