Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:29:05 +0300 From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: FreeBSD Ports Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Ports using SCM repositories as source instead of distfiles Message-ID: <20081212102905.GC7422@hades.panopticon> In-Reply-To: <op.ulz6y1ae9aq2h7@localhost> References: <20081209181354.GB29817@hades.panopticon> <87tz9di38u.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <20081209222042.GC29817@hades.panopticon> <8763lsi10m.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <20081210181125.GA86341@hades.panopticon> <87zlj3heor.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <20081210223522.GA6367@hades.panopticon> <87vdtrhb6r.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <20081211082325.GA6167@hades.panopticon> <op.ulz6y1ae9aq2h7@localhost>
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* Jeremy Messenger (mezz7@cox.net) wrote: >> So if I understand correctly, you're proposing to only use dynamic >> plist generation for the ports that support it without modification, >> i.e. autotools-based? >> >> My opinion is that we should support the feature for all ports, or don't >> support it at all. Only getting rid of ~5k pkg-plists is not a huge >> accomplishment considering the mess it causes and I doubt it's worth >> the work on adding the feature to port.mk and then rebuilding and >> testing all affected ports. Being able to forget about pkg-plists >> once and forever however would be a huge accomplishment and if that's >> possible it should be done sooner or later. > > I object on get rid of pkg-plist. I depend on pkg-plist too much. I think > it's important for us to keep on track where the files/directories are. It's useful for me too sometimes, but it's already not 100% reliable, as some ports still generate it dynamically, some use PLIST_FILES, some use PLIST_SUB so it's not apparent under which path and/or name the file mentioned in plist is actually installed. -- Dmitry Marakasov . 55B5 0596 FF1E 8D84 5F56 9510 D35A 80DD F9D2 F77D amdmi3@amdmi3.ru ..: jabber: amdmi3@jabber.ru http://www.amdmi3.ru
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