Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 08:50:20 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synth status and failure to install some packages References: <20210530054658.CEA96D7F061@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org> <CAJuc1zOcPwX7O4VSCWASpuLyBo1xdZttAwHBDOoihENiEJuTRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Sun, 30 May 2021 at 17:46, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com> wrote:
> > What is the current status of ports-mgmt/synth?
> > It seems deprecated by what I see on this emailing list, but I see occasional updates when I update ports tree.
> It's still my favourite ports-builder.. I'll keep using it until it
> stops working.
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
Synth is much faster than portmaster or portupgrade, but one serious downside is failure to install some packages that are built.
I thought I didn't have devel/gperf, then later it occurred to me that synth might have hidden it in the repository without installing it.
Earlier, I thought I didn't have ninja installed but later found it hidden in synth's repository.
Is there any way to make synth install build dependencies? Gentoo Portage has "--with-bdeps=y".
I don't know how poudriere behaves in this regard.
I believe STefan Esser has a new, revamped portmaster in the works, but have no idea of progress so far.
Tom
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