Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 00:01:06 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Mike Jakubik <mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com> Subject: Re: pkgng: how to upgrade a single port? Message-ID: <AB9CB331-31F2-4C5A-BF84-1A597CBF4954@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonsNRh%2B7isVEqrqks=O4wE31qWx%2BuqMeFgDPzsMkacfdw@mail.gmail.com> References: <527406D2.7010200@intertainservices.com> <1383336649.16326.41750369.298F8E9D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1383337118.18823.41752849.2502EBFD@webmail.messagingengine.com> <CA%2BdUSyoUQB%2BgLM8g70y6mz7c%2BHSb3DJpVFvaENgm45VwcYVjQA@mail.gmail.com> <5277E53A.4090208@intertainservices.com> <CAOjFWZ4r-gWHd9k8F-T9sE1_5Qa0VVbqzxwYVZGazFf2b0k8VQ@mail.gmail.com> <3884C60E-FFEC-413C-901E-631E2862984B@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <CAJ-Vmo=HE5%2BDHpHsEXTEK6Tnf4s7L-=XE_2xBcJ5%2B%2BnpwsZ-0g@mail.gmail.com> <0AD00FF2-8F68-432D-BC7F-9672AD173163@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <CAJ-VmonsNRh%2B7isVEqrqks=O4wE31qWx%2BuqMeFgDPzsMkacfdw@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 04.11.2013 um 23:15 schrieb Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>: > Hi, >=20 > Yes, all the things you've said are correct. >=20 > But once that's all said and done, you're still going to end up > occasionally (or not so occasionally) hitting issues where upgrading a > package without upgrading the dependencies ends up _breaking_ things. >=20 > A lot of what makes yum/apt/etc work is because they have a stable > package set and this hides all of the crap surrounding dependency > changing hell. Things are much more exciting if you run debian-testing > though (ie, you get exactly what you described with openjdk / > apache-solr.) >=20 Weren=92t there plans to run a =84stable=93 ports-tree at some point? Does anybody know how large a ports-tree is without GUI-apps? Our internal repo is now just shy of 1000 packages (most php53-modules, = 100+ PERL-modules, some python, ruby, apache, nginx, some java). It=92s a huge effort to stabilize that tree between releases - I can=92t = imagine anybody doing it for the full ports-tree without a couple of = FTEs.
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