From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 10:19:55 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 0CD4116A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:19:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [193.162.142.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B958D43F75 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:19:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: by mail.droso.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0BD602285D; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:19:51 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:19:51 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing To: ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030925171951.GB62125@droso.net> Mail-Followup-To: ports@freebsd.org, Dan Langille References: <3F72D337.11051.1F9C8A56@localhost> <20030925163742.GA88433@rfc-networks.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030925163742.GA88433@rfc-networks.ie> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/i386 5.1-CURRENT cc: Dan Langille Subject: Re: Getting a list of existing packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:19:55 -0000 --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:37:42PM +0000, Philip Reynolds wrote: > Dan Langille 20 lines of wisdom included: > > Please cc me on any replies. > >=20 > > I'm trying to find a way of determining whether or not a given port=20 > > should have a package. I would prefer to obtain this information via= =20 > > make. e.g. make -V PACKAGEEXISTS >=20 > 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.) >=20 > I think the only way to check if a relevant port has a package would > be to check on bento. >=20 > I'm completely open to correction here.. >=20 > I'm also wondering what exactly you mean by "should have a package"? > Perhaps I missed the point completely. >=20 I'm not quite sure about the question either. I can see two possibles, the one you answered and another to which the answer would be the opposite of NO_PACKAGE and friends. Cheers, -erwin --=20 _._ _,-'""`-._ Erwin Lansing (,-.`._,'( |\`-/| erwin@lansing.dk http://droso.org `-.-' \ )-`( , o o) erwin@FreeBSD.org -bf- `- \`_`"'- --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/cyO3qy9aWxUlaZARAihlAJ9YImuK/iuGSh/uZ4Dt6PNx/Lx/kwCfSGLD 7fKuCpaAgJB0/mZur32dpWU= =Soik -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/WwmFnJnmDyWGHa4--