Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:25:09 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc Makefile ports/textproc/ack Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist Message-ID: <4E41B3C5.80108@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20110809220138.GA274@magic.hamla.org> References: <201108091348.p79DmYFa095351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110809135332.GA52137@over-yonder.net> <DBB34E87-0395-4911-869F-63F857912682@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83_gNU9CmN8826XokOU8iZcY0E-QG_Q7e%2BNL_1tpT0hZKA@mail.gmail.com> <4E418DC6.7040708@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo83-LBxDk7xVWkCWmAn=Okr8fjgA-VAzocyWNYAW3=-sGdw@mail.gmail.com> <20110809220138.GA274@magic.hamla.org>
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On 08/09/2011 15:01, Sahil Tandon wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 21:16:23 +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > >> On 9 August 2011 20:43, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> On 08/09/2011 12:18, Chris Rees wrote: >>>> On 9 August 2011 17:50, Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I missed it when I first looked to see if this was a port. I >>>>> removed mine from the tree >>>>> >>>> >>>> Would anyone object if I looked at adding danfe's grep suggestion >>>> to addport ? We have similar checks in rmport... >>> >>> Not sure exactly what you're proposing. If you're talking about >>> humans looking to see if a port exists already then 'cd /usr/ports >>> && make search name=foo' is probably an easier way to do that. >> >> I was thinking of (like the PRs open for $port of rmport) >> >> Ports named like ack: textproc/p5-ack >> >> Are you sure you wish to continue [Y/N]? > > I think this is a reasonable idea - please do not be discouraged from > trying. I sincerely hope you're not referring to my question as a possible source of discouragement. It certainly was not intended to be. > Us humans are imperfect, and it would be nice to have another > check if it is implemented in a useful manner. Looking forward to the > patch. I agree that this kind of functionality is a good addition to addport, the only questions are "What is the best way to accomplish it?" and "Might there be a more generally useful approach?" Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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