Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:11:38 -0500 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port version difficulties (maybe one for the Python crowd) Message-ID: <4B1D617A.6020303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <f51z98BLTVHLFwfN@caomhin.demon.co.uk> References: <T$6QMzB3cTHLFweT@caomhin.demon.co.uk> <4B1D516D.2060209@FreeBSD.org> <f51z98BLTVHLFwfN@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
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Kevin Golding wrote:
> In article <4B1D516D.2060209@FreeBSD.org>, Greg Larkin
> <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> 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 <variable name>" 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
Hi Kevin,
This might get you further:
fbsd70# make -V \
PYDISTUTILS_PKGVERSION:C/\(\[\[:digit:\]\]\.\[\[:digit:\]\]\)\./\\1_/g
0.1_0
fbsd70#
The :C modifier uses regexps as specified by re_format(7)
(http://bit.ly/8CH8X1) instead of Perl regexps.
Hope that helps,
Greg
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