Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:17:06 -0400 From: Etienne Robillard <robillard.etienne@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Utility for safe updating of ports in base system Message-ID: <20080921091706.7dc735cf@fluke> In-Reply-To: <20080321143500.1a0e4ef6@anthesphoria.net> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0803191454030.48140@ync.qbhto.arg> <47E2EA72.8000309@FreeBSD.org> <1206054541.83260.50.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <47E2F7F1.5000002@FreeBSD.org> <20080321143500.1a0e4ef6@anthesphoria.net>
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On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:35:00 +0100 Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87 <nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 >=20 > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:49:05 +0100 > Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > =20 > > In the past we've even talked about how to move all of pkg_* out of > > src and into ports, i.e. the opposite case. >=20 > A propos (non-)removing pkg_* into the ports, what do you people think > of introducing bin-install ports make target (similar to what pkgsrc > has)? Besides, bin[-install]-fetch[-recursive] come to mind as well. > IMHO, this would have nice pedagogical and heuristic effect since it > could >=20 > 1) resolve eternal users' confusion on what is the "difference between > ports and packages" and "between 'make install' and 'pkg_add'": it's > different if a package is actually installed by e,g. > cd /usr/ports/lang/python ; make [BIN_PKGSITES=3D...] bin-install >=20 > 2) parallelise binary-install/compiling/local-package-building logics; >=20 > 3) simplify things since it would cut proliferation of similar > command-line options and utilities/methods that do the same thing. >=20 > Best regards. > - --=20 > Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87 =3D =D0=9D=D0=B8=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=BB=D0=B0 =D0=9B=D0= =B5=D1=87=D0=B8=D1=9B > fingerprint : FEF3 66AF C90E EDC3 D878 7CDC 956D F4AB A377 1C9B I like the 'make update' target as implemented in OpenBSD. Its then very convenient to update a port when binary update is not an option.=20 my 2 cents, - Etienne
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