Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 18:31:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: pkgng - Symlinks created by portupgrade? Message-ID: <kckd1f$hv5$1@ger.gmane.org>
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I am using pkgng. When I issue 'portupgrade <package> -p', after build and installation, it builds a new package, as advertised. This (by default) is put into /usr/ ports/packages/All. At the same time, it installs a set of symlinks; one for each relevant port category, plus one in /usr/ports/packages/Latest. It is the naming of this last in which I am interested. Sometimes the symlink seems to bear the name (absent the version) of the package, and sometimes the name of the port (plus '.txz', of course). Two questions: 1) Does anyone know the logic used to derive the name of the symlink? 2) Would it be considered a breach of etiquette to email the port maintainer (bdrewery) and ask, or is this regarded as acceptable? 'man portupgrade' doesn't seem to shed any light on this, and I am unaware of where to seek other documentation.
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