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Date:      Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:40:41 +0300
From:      Arto Pekkanen <isoa@kapsi.fi>
To:        freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Suggestion to add build/revision number to "pkg stats"
Message-ID:  <56027399.8040101@kapsi.fi>
In-Reply-To: <20150922220600.GE16800@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <20150916165829.46ba52f6@gecko4> <55FC6977.6010704@gmx.net> <20150922220600.GE16800@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>

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I have a better solution: just expose the start date of repository build =
in pkg stats.

Something like this:
Local package database:
    Installed packages: 780
    Disk space occupied: 6 GiB

Remote package database(s):
    Number of repositories: 1
    Packages available: 24561
    Unique packages: 24561
    Total size of packages: 44 GiB
    Repository build started at: 20150923T000000Z

All of the methods (svn, git, etc) afaik support checking out the closest=
 revision by date. I know not many people use this, but still.

See here: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.6/svn.tour.revs.specifiers.htm=
l

With this information I could simply pkg update, then see if repository w=
as updated (by grepping pkg update output OR by checking pkg database che=
cksum) AND if so, just do 'svn checkout -r <repository build date from pk=
g stats> ...' on the branch the repository is based on. After this the po=
rts tree would be in sync with the repository.

Sometime ago I asked if it would be possible to determine the start date =
of repository build, but afaik this question was never answered.

If this feature was implemented, I could finally finish my software proje=
ct. I am trying to create an alternative to poudriere, which does ONLY bu=
ilds those packages which have custom build options, and would merge in p=
ackages (that do not need to be built) from base repository. The goal of =
my project is to save tremendous amounts of time when building a custom r=
epository. Currently I've decided to halt the development, since I cannot=
 programmatically guarantee that I can get ports in sync with the base re=
pository, which would mean that my software would end up botching the rep=
ository build every now and then.

On 23.9.2015 1:06, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 09:43:51PM +0200, Simon Wright wrote:
>> On 16/09/2015 22:58, mfv wrote:
>>
>> snipped
>>
>>> The build number is only available when the build begins, but the
>>> package upgrade is not possible until the build process ends many
>>> hours later.  Moreover, it is also possible to update the port tree t=
o
>>
>> snipped
>>
>>> A simple solution would be to have the build number available as part=

>>> of a port upgrade and made available in "pkg stats".  Its output
>>> could look like this:
>>>
>>> Local package database:
>>
>> snipped
>>
>>> Even better would be an argument to "pkg stats" that would only outpu=
t
>>> the revision number, say "pkg stats -n"
>>>
>>> After running "pkg upgrade", it would then be an easy to extract the
>>> build number of that particular upgrade and then sync the ports tree =
to
>>> that number using subversion or, my favourite, svnup.
>>
>> +1, this information would be very useful for me. It might be=20
>> necessary to be able to specify a specific repository as well as the=20
>> local/remote switch; I have two remotes configured, my one built by=20
>> poudriere and also the "latest" freebsd.org repo.
>>
>> Simon.
>=20
> This is a bit more complexe than that as the ports tree can be checked =
out from
> portsnap, svn, git etc (aka different id).
>=20
> The right way would be to package the ports tree itself along with othe=
r
> packages so if you need to build something: pkg install ports and you a=
re always
> 100% sure to be on good ports tree.
>=20
> But we are not there yet :(
>=20
> Best regards,
> Bapt
>=20


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