From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 00:40:13 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 65F09106566B for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:40:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivier@gid0.org) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34F0D8FC08 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so4092086iyj.13 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:40:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.60.193 with SMTP id wt1mr3863978icb.490.1299458411489; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:40:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.149.79 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:40:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4D73D464.3070806@roorback.net> <4D7409CB.1040706@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 01:40:11 +0100 Message-ID: From: Olivier Smedts To: Grzegorz Blach Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: bf1783@gmail.com, Doug Barton , "b. f." , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD needs fresh Blood! 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: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:40:13 -0000 2011/3/6 Grzegorz Blach : > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 23:25, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 03/06/2011 10:37, Grzegorz Blach wrote: >>> >>> On 03/06/2011 18:35, b. f. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I read last post Martin Wilke's blog called "FreeBSD needs fresh Bloo= d!" >>>>> >>>>> First of all, I think it's difficult to testing ports >> >> No argument there, it can be hard work. >> >>>>> I'm using testing release of VirtualBox, >>>>> but for build this port I must download patches, >>>>> apply its on my own tree and merge its with official ports >>>>> using portshaker. >> >> You could also maintain completely separate trees, or subtrees with CVS. >> >>>>> It's possible to build testing ports outside tree, >>>>> but I must build every port separately, since `Make` don't known how = to >>>>> track dependencies. >> >> Setting PORTSDIR for your builds may help. Read ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk for >> more information about that. >> >>>> There is always going to be some added work involved in testing. =A0Ha= ve >>>> you considered using multiple trees, if you have sufficient disk >>>> space? Or using a version control system? >>> >>> >>> Multiple trees don't help me a lot, portmaster became fools. >> >> Not sure what you mean by that, but portmaster respects PORTSDIR as well= . >> >>> There is address for repository, but I still need merging trees >>> and rebuild index for portmaster. >> >> portmaster does not require the INDEX unless you tell it to. If you have= a >> ports tree to operate against portmaster doesn't need the INDEX at all. >> >> >> hope this helps, >> >> Doug >> > > My mistake, sorry. I'll rebuild INDEX after every merges, but not for > portmaster, > but for pver. Could you use "pkg_version -vL =3D" for your purpose ? It's a base system tool and doesn't need INDEX. > >> -- >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- OK Go >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the D= NS. >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Yours for the right price. =A0:) =A0http://SupersetSoluti= ons.com/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Olivier Smedts=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 _ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - against HTML email & vCards=A0 X www: http://www.gid0.org=A0 =A0 - against proprietary attachments / \ =A0 "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : =A0 ceux qui comprennent le binaire, =A0 et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."