Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 23:18:36 +0000 From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/33520: "bsdpan" files confuse portversion utility Message-ID: <20020103231836.GA45979@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <200201032204.g03M4Uh38507@onceler.kciLink.com> References: <200201032204.g03M4Uh38507@onceler.kciLink.com>
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* Vivek Khera (khera@kciLink.com) wrote: > install perl 5.6.1 with BSDPAN and install some modules via CPAN. > run "portversion -v -L=". For the time being I use an alias like this: pkg_chk='pkg_version -vL = |grep -v "^bsdpan"' I don't really see any use for portversion when it takes so long to rebuild the database. > I think it may be worth some special-case handling of ports that have > no origin like this, but I'm not sure the mechanics of doing it. The origin's stored in /var/db/pkg/<package>/+CONTENTS under @comment, funnily enough. A way for a package to explicitly indicate it has no origin would be good; ORIGIN: none, or so. Is there any particular reason it's not @origin, btw? While we're on the subject, some way to provide automatic update capabilities for virtual packages would be interesting - for instance, an external command to get the latest version of a CPAN module, interfaced into the ports system. This would come into it's own if systems like RubyGems and whatever Python has were also intergrated. -- Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst - freaky@aagh.net - http://www.aagh.net/ - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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