Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:48:33 -0700 From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> To: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com> Cc: Sean Chittenden <sean-freebsd-stable@chittenden.org>, Jeff Kletsky <Jeff+freebsd@wagsky.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FWIW: pkg_alert development (was: Re: pkg/port dependency tool (enclosed)) Message-ID: <20010424014833.B19530@rand.tgd.net> In-Reply-To: <20010424142340.E5216@brel.com>; from "calvinng@brel.com" on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at = 02:23:40PM References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104230806060.27435-100000@wildside.wagsky.com> <20010423231827.A19530@rand.tgd.net> <20010424142340.E5216@brel.com>
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Man I'm glad I only sunk in a few minutes worth of work.
Thanks! I was looking for something with the word ports in it, but it
didn't dawn on me to look for something with pkg. At anyrate, thanks
again. -sc
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:23:40PM +0800, Calvin NG wrote:
> Delivered-To: sean-freebsd-stable@chittenden.org
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:23:40 +0800
> From: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com>
> To: Sean Chittenden <sean-freebsd-stable@chittenden.org>
> Cc: Jeff Kletsky <Jeff+freebsd@wagsky.com>,
> freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, bmah@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: FWIW: pkg_alert development (was: Re: pkg/port dependency to=
ol (enclosed))
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
> In-Reply-To: <20010423231827.A19530@rand.tgd.net>; from sean-freebsd-stab=
le@chittenden.org on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:18:27PM -0700
>=20
> Greetings,
>=20
> Doesn't pkg_version -v -L=3D does a similar job???
> And its already in the system.
>=20
> I think something that works out the dependencies, such=20
> as when say png needs updating, what happens to say gd, webalizer,gtk,.=
..etc
>=20
> Regards,
> /calvin
>=20
> lines with :> are quotes from Sean Chittenden's email
> :> Woa! This has been quite the day for ports-esque development!
> :> Right now I'm working on a related, but different script, pkg_alert,
> :> that's intended to run immediately after a cvsup of the ports tree
> :> (idealy in /etc/weekly.local) that'll run through the list of
> :> currently installed packages and figure out what ports can be upgraded
> :> to a newer version. Here's a snippet of the output on my box:
> :>=20
> :> imake-4.0.1 can be updated to imake-4.0.3 (imake)
> :> xemacs-comm-packages-2.3 can be updated to xemacs-comm-packages-2.4 (x=
emacs-comm-packages)
> :> xemacs-libs-packages-1.3 can be updated to xemacs-libs-packages-2.3 (x=
emacs-libs-packages)
> :> xemacs-oa-packages-1.3 can be updated to xemacs-oa-packages-1.4 (xemac=
s-oa-packages)
> :> xemacs-prog-packages-2.4 can be updated to xemacs-prog-packages-2.5 (x=
emacs-prog-packages)
> :> xemacs-packages-1.8 can be updated to xemacs-packages-1.9 (xemacs-pack=
ages)
> :> bash-2.04 can be updated to bash-2.05 (bash)
> :> freetype2-2.0.1 can be updated to freetype2-2.0.2 (freetype2)
> :> mysql-server-3.23.35 can be updated to mysql-server-3.23.37 (${MASTERP=
ORTNAME})
> :>=20
> :>=20
> :> There are a few things that I'm still wrestling with/working
> :> on, most notably:
> :>=20
> :> * How do I handle installed packages that don't have an '@comment
> :> ORIGIN:' tag? Is there a legacy way of figuring out what directory
> :> (in ports) a pkg belongs in?
> :>=20
> :> * How do I handle ports that don't have the PORTNAME and PORTVERSION
> :> variable? Right now I'm just spitting out warning messages that
> :> hopefully will inspire me to send patches to the maintainers of ports
> :>=20
> :> * Handling of version numbers that have letters in them: 7.7.6k and 7.=
7.6kk
> :>=20
> :> * shell/Makefile variables Traversal of shell/Makefile variables (see=
above's mysql-server example)
> :>=20
> :> Anyway, this is an FYI,FWIW. If someone wants to help/has
> :> suggestions I can open up cvs access and a cvsupd server.
> :>=20
> :> CVSweb is up and available at:
> :>=20
> :> http://sean.chittenden.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/utils/sbin/pkg_alert
> :>=20
> :> -sc
> :>=20
> :> =09
> :>=20
> :> On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:35:16AM -0700, Jeff Kletsky wrote:
> :> > I would be happy to contribute to the enhancement of the pkg/port to=
ols
> :> > in a more targeted way if the appropriate lead would let me know.
> :> >=20
> :> > Jeff
> :> >=20
> :> > P.S. This type of dependency checking might also allow the "make
> :> > clean" process a bit smarter and faster (the other option there woul=
d be
> :> > to specify a flag that says not to follow dependencies on a recursive
> :> > "clean", especially in /usr/ports)
> :>=20
> :> --=20
> :> Sean Chittenden
>=20
--=20
Sean Chittenden
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