From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 7 19:18:52 2009 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 90708106566C for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:18:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk) Received: from lon1-post-3.mail.demon.net (lon1-post-3.mail.demon.net [195.173.77.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 551448FC0A for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:18:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from caomhin.demon.co.uk ([62.49.21.186]) by lon1-post-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) id 1NHj6h-0001ux-dC; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:18:51 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:17:31 +0000 To: Greg Larkin From: Kevin Golding References: <4B1D516D.2060209@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B1D516D.2060209@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.01 U Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port version difficulties (maybe one for the Python crowd) 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 Dec 2009 19:18:52 -0000 In article <4B1D516D.2060209@FreeBSD.org>, Greg Larkin writes >Kevin Golding wrote: >> I'm trying to create a new port and I'm getting in a tangle with the >> version number. Basically, the author of this software has given it a >> version number 0.1_0 which is incompatible with ports. Never fear! I >> simply set the port version to 0.1.0 which is. Now this wasn't too bad >> to deal with, I set "DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-0.1-0" to make it fetch >> just fine (yes, despite the version being 0.1_0 the tarball is 0.1-0). >> >> Because of the version number I've also set: >> >> PYEASYINSTALL_EGG= ${PYDISTUTILS_PKGNAME:C/[^A-Za-z0-9.]+/_/g}-0.1_ >> 0-${PYTHON_VERSION:S/thon//}${PYEASYINSTALL_OSARCH}.egg >> >> This makes installing work. >> >> Uninstalling fails with: >> >> pkg_delete: unexec command for '/usr/local/bin/easy_install-2.6 -q -m -S >> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages -d usr/local/lib/python2.6/site- >> packages -s /usr/local/bin django-signals-ahoy==0.1.0' failed >> >> So because ports installed 0.1.0 and the author wrote 0.1_0 is fails. >> >> I did look at setting PYEASYINSTALL_UNINSTALLARGS but I must confess my >> attempts to turn PYDISTUTILS_PKGVERSION into 0.1_0 have so far failed >> (as in, apparently my regex has changed nothing). >I've run into problems similar to this from time to time while creating >and maintaining ports. Would you mind posting a link to or the contents >of your Makefile so I can have a look at it? With pleasure (the whole port is there in fact): http://www.caomhin.org/ports/www/py-django-signals-ahoy/Makefile >It's also useful to use "make -V " to examine the values >of any variable you're trying to debug, like PYDISTUTILS_PKGVERSION. I >believe you can even use the colon modifiers (:S, :C, etc.) right on the >command line so you can try different regexps easily. Ooh, now that sounds dangerously addictive. I shall give it a whirl and shout if I crack it. Kevin