Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:09:40 -0600 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: discussion of other ports-related projects Message-ID: <20040413170940.GA29054@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <p06020410bca1bc5a6e54@[128.113.24.47]> References: <p0602040cbca10a7dbe52@[128.113.24.47]> <p0602040dbca11349ce03@[128.113.24.47]> <407B6B43.2050507@pacific.net.sg> <20040413042929.GA24603@xor.obsecurity.org> <407B780F.5030102@pacific.net.sg> <p06020410bca1bc5a6e54@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 12:28:52PM -0400, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:18 PM +0800 4/13/04, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>On Tue, Apr 13, 2004, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >>>It would be real helpfull to users if the package or port > >>>system would be able to automatically overcome this problem > >>>with installing the needed version in a way that the > >>>installed versions stays intact. > >> > >>Take a look at the portupgrade port, I think that's what > >>you're trying to describe. > > > >If I understood portupgrade right, ... > > Please note that this thread is not about portupgrade, or > successors to portupgrade. > > The points you make are interesting, but please make them in a > separate thread. Since you've changed the subject I hope this qualifys as a separate thread :). As others have noted, DragonFly is attempting to tackle this. Surprisingly noone has mentioned that NetBSD introduced this feature in January. Its called "package views". See http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/pkgsrc/mk/buildlink3/README?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain It allows multiple versions of the same port to be installed, which seems to be what you want. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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