From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sat Apr 3 11:51:31 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52F245B1D60 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 11:51:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca) Received: from doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (doctor.nl2k.ab.ca [204.209.81.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FCFcz1yDxz3t1m; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 11:51:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca) Received: from doctor by doctor.nl2k.ab.ca with local (Exim 4.94 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1lSene-000Bb4-9a; Sat, 03 Apr 2021 05:50:46 -0600 Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 05:50:46 -0600 From: The Doctor To: Guido Falsi Cc: Kurt Jaeger , Dewayne Geraghty , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No update for a day on ports? Message-ID: References: <3b7de439-12a1-70a4-7aec-8b2a9fde38ba@heuristicsystems.com.au> <405a8bca-33e9-77ca-14d9-80761ac505cc@madpilot.net> <25d29e77-57a1-9562-6e24-0468c3a5e063@madpilot.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4FCFcz1yDxz3t1m X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:51:31 -0000 On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 11:28:23AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > On 03/04/21 02:24, The Doctor wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:05:45AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > >> On 03/04/21 01:35, The Doctor wrote: > >>> On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:35:57AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > >>>> On 02/04/21 23:16, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>>>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>>>>> On 02/04/21 15:44, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:55:00AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >>>>>>>> Hi! > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of base > >>>>>>>>> or ports are moving to git? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Yes: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/git-why.md > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Then the question is : Moving forward, how do we update > >>>>>>> the ports? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The same questions keep being asked even if replied to multiple times. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> you can use git with the official git repo (once it will be available, > >>>>>> migration is still in progress), or reference a mirror on github or > >>>>>> gitlab. Some documentation about how to do this is available at [1]. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If I understand correctly documentation will also be added to the > >>>>>> handbook once migration is done. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Git is a little complicated but a lot of documentation is available on > >>>>>> the internet. search engines are you friends. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If you only want to keep /usr/ports updated the easiest tool to achieve > >>>>>> that is gitup available in ports at net/gitup. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I reiterate, migration is still in progress, the latest available > >>>>>> snapshot of the ports tree (at present read only) is via subversion. > >>>>>> once migration is done the official git repo and mirrors will be available. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There isn't much more to be sail until the migration is done. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Git is ready, > >>>>> > >>>>> but I use pkg/portsnap . > >>>>> > >>>>> How does that affect us? > >>>> > >>>> AFAIK you can't use it anymore. Use gitup. It's almost a drop-in > >>>> replacement. > >>>> > >>> > >>> How do we use gitup in this scenario? > >> > >> What scenario? > >> > >> Please install gitup and read it's man page, it's straight forward. > >> > >> -- > >> Guido Falsi > > > > > > Results: > > > > gitup -v 1 ports > > # Host: github.com > > # Port: 443 > > # Repository: /freebsd/freebsd-ports.git > > # Target: /usr/ports > > gitup: get_commit_details: refs/heads/master doesn't exist in /freebsd/freebsd-ports.git: Invalid argument > > > > Thew migration is still in progress, so I guess the repository is in an > unstable state. Try again once the migration is done. > > -- > Guido Falsi LEt us know when ready. -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b If they can dehumanize the most innocent, they can dehumanize anyone. -unknown