From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 11 16:34:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8EA9106566B for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 417958FC1D for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.3/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id nABGYLx0015374 ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:21 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 166 Received: from asmodee.lpthe.jussieu.fr (asmodee.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.34]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CDCB89EB3; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:20 +0100 (CET) Received: by asmodee.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 3A61E4383; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:20 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:20 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: Dominic Fandrey Message-ID: <20091111163420.GA76596@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20091108223634.GA89295@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4AF7C569.4090005@FreeBSD.org> <4AF7F789.3090809@quip.cz> <4AF9ED39.8000200@bsdforen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AF9ED39.8000200@bsdforen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/10014/Wed Nov 11 14:12:03 2009 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4AFAE78D.005 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4AFAE78D.005/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portmaster with package support ready for beta testing X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:24 -0000 On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:46:17PM +0100, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > If you want to work without a ports tree use pkg_upgrade > (sysutils/bsdadminscripts), it only requires an INDEX file. > > The next version will also require the MOVED file (as is now > provided by Pointyhead). Very nice, your program is in the same spirit as my own: http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~talon/pkgupgrade except written in shell, which is quite a feat! Since python is easier to manage, pkgupgrade follows MOVED and tries to be fast. -- Michel TALON