Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:46:28 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Evasive action may be needed: graphics/xfig-devel port deleted Message-ID: <CAF6rxgkF9Qb%2BRhvKRzAB5wKhP8a7BB0vAKFqUZ6mytuv=0VaYg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121128134330.GG2617@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20121128134330.GG2617@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On 28 November 2012 08:43, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > I found out about this during may normal daily "portmaster -ad" run, > which is one of the worst points for it to happen, as: > > ... > ===>>> The graphics/xfig-devel port has been deleted: Has expired: Stable version is more recent than devel version > ===>>> Aborting update > > Terminated > > Script done on Wed Nov 28 04:21:13 2012 > > > As I had actually checked /usr/ports/UPDATING (so I would know in > advance of running portmaster of any evasive action I might need to > take), and saw that the most recent entry was still the one for > devel/git from 12 Nov, I was rather surprised (and not in a good way). > > After running "portmaster -o graphics/xfig graphics/xfig-devel", I was > able to proceed, but I would have appreciated an UPDATING entry. There is a file called MOVED which gives this information. I think in this case it may be worthwhile to change the graphics/xfig-devel entry to include |graphics/xfig| -- Eitan Adler
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