From owner-svn-ports-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 17:54:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6588F1065677; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:54:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from opti.dougb.net (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3EF155236; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:54:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <505763CC.1040102@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:54:20 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120911 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Rees References: <201209171714.q8HHEEtY057677@svn.freebsd.org> <50575D0F.6090502@FreeBSD.org> <50576033.2090201@FreeBSD.org> <5057615E.40502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.4 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Bryan Drewery Subject: Re: svn commit: r304411 - head X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:54:37 -0000 On 09/17/2012 10:45, Chris Rees wrote: > On 17 September 2012 18:43, Bryan Drewery wrote: >> On 9/17/2012 12:38 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >>> On 09/17/2012 10:30, Chris Rees wrote: >>>> On 17 September 2012 18:25, Doug Barton wrote: >>>>> Is the pkg syntax actually backwards from both portupgrade and portmaster? >>>> >>>> From man pkg-set: >>>> >>>> -o [:] >>>> >>>> So yes :) >>> >>> Thanks to everyone who replied. >>> >>> My point was not, "Teach me the pkg syntax for the -o option." My point >>> was, "It's stupid for pkg to use exactly the opposite syntax from the 2 >>> most popular ports management tools for the same option flag." >>> >>> >> >> It's a bit too late to change it. There's no point in >> discussing/debating it at this point (past 1.0). This is something that >> could have been changed before the first official release. Um, no, it's something that shouldn't have been done wrong in the first place. > Also... it doesn't do the same thing either. All the more reason to use a different flag. -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)