From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Mar 17 00:02:41 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B94AD20EA for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x22b.google.com (mail-ig0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B167650 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:02:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ig0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id mh10so57482892igb.0 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:02:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc; bh=usE10gU/Zo42AELwcwBovWo11GwMiQ4lLWgfzlSuTDY=; b=nbZKod6Uz/UdQRf/5AIcbvxXungtipJ6KTB/BuHkNvSL1CNpsJI+Ss8XKFRMi/xKpE mHKSfYE5LmEgBTTv7Gq1O9tNndCz9YX4zvEBVj0Pi5/QNpxc4jKORPNJ/+/W5v/G7uv5 57ryyGbITXStPI8swlqifzz7YeyPq4quRJt/FL8MXwVblzPMviTXCCK18rdYU7yOyd17 YSO9tk+JN2mq7H+1MaYoSAQjZv9XCXliArpfcNmXACk6sXdkkjY6UNHo6dazohU9degN 7I+dSPmd+1FkMlfwaD8oForbs8WSnztALB9hRlQCEzlkgv4RhwYdZdDgyF4L48ncqRor Cjtg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=usE10gU/Zo42AELwcwBovWo11GwMiQ4lLWgfzlSuTDY=; b=PJl6kWUFZCiOPfqzWsFPwBwD4cB1W3z8bW3yKdJlWeK9GPjh6hOgqfGN9dWIPRXPof jGia4tABNL059WLO7wyDscHMj0lWYQEuNQnFcWd1cjj6Kf/9I31sXfZ59oT6WFPFzULL q9Z7sdZ2+w7hSvacsQQh4SkuS4wQllL4ijwiaaca2n6VIPAMCjVTgwK1EtS753rCB9cl bz+l/XQ/98Br476KtLwYMUR49VeZn7mT4BSv+lN6XyrRgMr8PQeCuq9Lw8S94ZaktfHS luyJ6QFwEcF31iDkjpzzzO6UP8cqp0Iw6n6vsFdi6k+SVG2Cxi9mybCwdAJlbJuipRLw JNsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJKARwx8d9osXcQtlYuhKD4WhRTN+n85ApRAKAYwSxrEjYRW8AOjmXVYXUpJVT9NKjt54qs9wkfmiSbAeQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.142.37 with SMTP id rt5mr34138787igb.15.1458172960736; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.79.35.31 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:02:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <56E92469.1040707@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20160316092937.4e6c9f36@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <56E92469.1040707@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:02:40 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: hTOs1nKEukr8Ie2AXhV4C13cX4A Message-ID: Subject: Re: pkg: ALTABI - where is this variable documented? From: Kevin Oberman To: Matthew Seaman Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:02:41 -0000 On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Matthew Seaman < m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On 2016/03/16 08:29, O. Hartmann wrote: > > Can someone shed some light onto my clouded view? Is there a manpage > where all > > pkg-related variables are gathered an listed? > > All variables should be documented in pkg.conf(5) -- however, ALTABI is > missing from that page, which is a bug. > > ALTABI is a compatibility thing -- way back when the ABI format was > changed, ALTABI was added as a quick compatibility shim, so that people > could access the old style of ABI easily and eg. plug it into repo.conf > files. Ideally it should have been deprecated and removed after a > decent interval, but has never happened. It would be worth documenting > simply to warn people against using it... > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Or, maybe actually remove it from the next pkg release? It looks to me like it's now pretty useless -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 .