Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 15:33:52 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Ports with duplicate LATEST_LINKS Message-ID: <20040515223352.GA30459@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <40A612A1.3020801@fillmore-labs.com> References: <200405150313.i4F3DagV071595@8ball.rtp.freebsd.org> <40A612A1.3020801@fillmore-labs.com>
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On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:52:49PM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >Dear port maintainers,
> >
> >The following list includes ports maintained by you that have duplicate
> >LATEST_LINK values. They should either be modified to use a unique
> >LATEST_LINK or suppressed using NO_LATEST_LINK, to avoid overwriting
> >each other in the packages/Latest directory. If your ports conflict with
> >ports maintained by another person, please coordinate your efforts with
> >them.
>=20
> Kris, please don't suggest using NO_LATEST_LINK. Just recommend to set
> LATEST_LINK to a unique value, so that pkg_add -r ${LATEST_LINK} works.
> Most port committers don't use packages, so this feature is not widely
> understood.
OTOH, pkg_add -r ${SOMEBIZARRENAMETHATNOONEWILLEVERGUESS} is unproductive :)
Kris
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