Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:10:26 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r365566 - head/Tools/scripts Message-ID: <53F62802.3030006@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <53F6267E.9020909@FreeBSD.org> References: <201408211556.s7LFuE0p041046@svn.freebsd.org> <53F61E42.4050104@FreeBSD.org> <53F6267E.9020909@FreeBSD.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --OFsn0pg099d5jiPVg6Rrku0T6GWefG0eA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 8/21/2014 12:03 PM, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 21.08.2014 um 18:28 schrieb Bryan Drewery: >> On 8/21/2014 10:56 AM, Matthias Andree wrote: >>> Author: mandree >>> Date: Thu Aug 21 15:56:14 2014 >>> New Revision: 365566 >>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/365566 >>> QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r365566/ >>> >>> Log: >>> Add a BerkeleyDB upgrade helper script in preparation of 4...4.7 re= moval. >> >> Thanks for making things simpler. >> >> <joke> We now have a script to run another script that was made to mak= e >> using ports simpler. >=20 > The point is to abstract away the chaotic (miniscule input difference, > major difference in result) differences along the various dimensions of= > port upgrading tools and local database management tools. >=20 > I don't think a textual description for UPDATING would have been much > shorter and the whole migration will look scary enough to users with th= e > around-ten-step upgrade... >=20 > And people WILL have multiple db4* versions on their typical system > unless they manipulated /etc/make.conf. >=20 No no, I agree with it. It's nice for the users. We have other such scripts too such as the perl-after-upgrade was IIRC. Actually I find it appalling we need to use a tool to use ports at all and wish it was all self-contained with 1 official interface. --=20 Regards, Bryan Drewery --OFsn0pg099d5jiPVg6Rrku0T6GWefG0eA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJT9igCAAoJEDXXcbtuRpfP6lYH/ipEgWzR1EIZRmuVnayW4skf dgMO1zrcZtuocKFiw7DaQoLHjvz0L+7q43hR/coEpNRwf5LBaWLP+01IAsCoOAz/ fziTNoLgUeN1aX7O3E2FE0iHasTiycZDeDH5mwqvzpIJY+1VYktYGVsK0jhPUnjI wEOmA/EEaoVlGSiXf2ndchmF8iByHYtj46smbiq/7oA5liN+JesUqvNZzqD3m3ER sNCTPhZ8AVLigqdoCssUwMq73IwQYOq43jZpcPVMf+Ji2d7FZAz0uAgENtlyxNod Qhjqq453O0YmgNI6rSpSplNk5PljOrut76ZIo/DOo4qtNndjOmcsznIleQ41SaI= =t4cm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OFsn0pg099d5jiPVg6Rrku0T6GWefG0eA--
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