Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 21:45:16 +0100 From: Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: "\[LoN\]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: portscout - new distfile scanner Message-ID: <20060404204515.GA1731@picobyte.net> In-Reply-To: <20060404173230.GA8465@soaustin.net> References: <20060403190532.GA966@picobyte.net> <20060404094549.GA751@picobyte.net> <44324AD3.8070809@gmx.de> <20060404104226.GD751@picobyte.net> <20060404173230.GA8465@soaustin.net>
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On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 12:32:30PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 11:42:26AM +0100, Shaun Amott wrote:
> > The version string used is from the port's DISTNAME or DISTVERSION
> > values; the version in ports format is not much use, unfortunately -
> > which means portscout has to deal with all the weird and wonderful
> > schemes vendors come up with.
>
> I hope you're using pkg_version -t (my first attempt at writing something
> like this a year or two ago used that). If not, you're going to go crazy.
>
Ah - now that would have been useful, if only I'd known about it! I
haven't done to badly so far, I'm tweaking my algorithm when I find
ports that aren't handled well, but it seems like a constant battle.
Thanks for the tip anyway.
--
Shaun Amott [ PGP: 0x6B387A9A ]
Scientia Est Potentia.
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