Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:30:18 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports need a uniq identifier, do you have any suggestion? Message-ID: <20120611073017.GT60433@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=Z5C=_JZ6B9vut-g9mdDq8c6AN_e1TaPAyEFQYkjBBvA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120611043001.GO60433@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAF6rxg=Z5C=_JZ6B9vut-g9mdDq8c6AN_e1TaPAyEFQYkjBBvA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:23:46PM -0700, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On 10 June 2012 21:30, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In the ports tree we lack a unique identifier, while we could live with=
out it
> > until now, it is more than needed for 2 upcoming features: pkgng and st=
age
> > directory support.
> >
> > unique means something that will always be the same what ever the optio=
ns are
> > and what ever the runtime they use are. But also means unique in term o=
f in the
> > whole ports no other package will share its identifier.
> >
> > currently the only equivalent of this in the ports tree is the origin o=
f a
> > package, which will no more be unique with the upcoming sub package sup=
port
> > (coming along with stage directory) aka 1 origin to produce n package.
>=20
> Perhaps we could introduce UNIQUE_ORIGIN which is
> ${ORIGIN}_${SUBPACKAGE} or something of the sort?
>=20
I thought about this one, but while here we should think about package move
which keeps being the same package, in that case origin will change, and the
uniquename will change which is no good for binary world.
regards,
Bapt
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