Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:41:11 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Roman Bogorodskiy <bogorodskiy@gmail.com> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Roman Bogorodskiy <novel@FreeBSD.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/gnutls Makefile Message-ID: <20050911174110.GB58801@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050911112816.GA755@lame.novel.ru> References: <200509091534.j89FY2Qi043829@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050909170934.GA42230@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050910044627.GA761@lame.novel.ru> <20050910052129.GA49500@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050910123802.GA669@lame.novel.ru> <20050910175757.GA52565@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050911112816.GA755@lame.novel.ru>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 03:28:16PM +0400, Roman Bogorodskiy wrote: > Kris wrote: > > > > Even if there were, I think it's quite obvious that port which has been > > > removed from the ports tree should be deinstalled from user's system, > > > isn't it? BTW, portupgrade notes when there are such kind of ports in > > > the system. > > > > > > I think the proper solution is deinstalling obsolete port (i.e. gnutls-devel > > > in our case) from the system, but not CONFLICTing with dead ports' ghosts. > > > And Porters Handbook doesn't say we should CONFLICT with nonexistent ports. > > > > > > Am I missing something? > > > > The point of CONFLICTS is to prevent two ports from spamming each > > other with the same installed files. That's exactly what would happen > > if someone still has gnutls-devel installed (it was only removed a few > > days ago) and tries to install this one, so it makes perfect sense to > > me that you should keep it there. > > Done. But how long should it be kept? Probably at least one release cycle..it's harmless to keep it there. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDJGw2Wry0BWjoQKURAtOfAKCI/wdVO1WAm207uV+wpY9qMXdp9wCeL/bq Grn5kK+974A2QJwvjvbDtww= =cY8t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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