Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:59:44 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: Ports FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Port-Manager <portmgr@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portmaster with FLAVOR support available for testing Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uBL0Q1vkCSEYChq3dLwBPe%2BrYTTBTnEpsJd8VzYrqSng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a6bdf502-a4c3-9f88-26bd-ee7df9798c05@freebsd.org> References: <a6bdf502-a4c3-9f88-26bd-ee7df9798c05@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> wrote: > I have created a new version of portmaster with FLAVOR support. > > Before committing the changes to the ports repository, I'd like to receive > some feedback from users. > > My tests have only covered port upgrades, not any of the other features > offered by portmaster. In fact, I'd like to remove several of the other > features, which may have been of use before PKG_NG (e.g. functions that > use the INDEX file, and in fact also the -P/-PP/--packages-* features). > I agree that removal of the broken -P and -PP options is a good thing, but deleting the INDEX will break the valuable --clean-distfiles option. AFAIK, that is the reason that they are there. If you replace the index with data from the pkgdb, then it's OK. I'll have to look at the schema to see it that is available. I somehow don't think it is, but I have not looked at it for a while. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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