From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 09:37:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA7B816A4F9 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:37:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genua.rfc-networks.ie (genua.rfc-networks.ie [62.77.182.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96EC843FF3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:37:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie) Received: from tear.domain (unknown [10.0.1.254]) by genua.rfc-networks.ie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B0954858 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:37:43 +0100 (IST) Received: by tear.domain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 87EDE21155; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:37:42 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:37:42 +0000 From: Philip Reynolds To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030925163742.GA88433@rfc-networks.ie> References: <3F72D337.11051.1F9C8A56@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F72D337.11051.1F9C8A56@localhost> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-URL: http://www.rfc-networks.ie Subject: Re: Getting a list of existing packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:37:50 -0000 Dan Langille 20 lines of wisdom included: > Please cc me on any replies. > > I'm trying to find a way of determining whether or not a given port > should have a package. I would prefer to obtain this information via > make. e.g. make -V PACKAGEEXISTS I don't think this is possible, since package builds are done regularly. The fact that a package existed when someone updated the port last, does not mean that a package still exists. I think the main reason a package would not exist would be because of a build failure (distfile not existing, compilation error etc.) I think the only way to check if a relevant port has a package would be to check on bento. I'm completely open to correction here.. I'm also wondering what exactly you mean by "should have a package"? Perhaps I missed the point completely. Regards, -- Philip Reynolds | RFC Networks Ltd. philip.reynolds@rfc-networks.ie | +353 (0)1 8832063 http://people.rfc-networks.ie/~phil | www.rfc-networks.ie