Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:05:53 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Pawel Wieleba <P.Wieleba@iem.pw.edu.pl> Subject: Re: [port update] print/foomatic-db; how to name the package with the current date Message-ID: <200503050805.57744.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20050304150431.GA58539@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> References: <20050304150431.GA58539@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl>
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--nextPart2585044.LIEepyAXRH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 4. March 2005 16:04, Pawel Wieleba wrote: > Therefore I've got a question. > As stated on http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html > devel/foomatic-db is updated daily, therefore I would like to have an > up-to-date database during port installation (fetching) on my machine, not > just the date stated in devel/foomatic-db/Makefile. > I would like to do this automaticaly and I would like that this > information > (meaning date) will be added to the created package name This isn't a good idea. You don't want a port that dynamically tracks a CVS= =20 branch, since you cannot guarantee that way that it will 1.) build and 2.)= =20 the plist will be correct. Instead, you should choose a fixed date, test wi= th=20 that very thoroughly (like the present foomatic-db port, which hasn't any=20 issues I am aware of) and use that. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart2585044.LIEepyAXRH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCKVpVXhc68WspdLARAneCAKCAN8MUvb0uy7NOtqWpMwuqQSvnqQCghoWC 7CSVHDypzegVuzEs3cR9Gpo= =SUtm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2585044.LIEepyAXRH--
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