Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:28:49 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster-with-package-support release candidate available for testing / pkg_add: illegal option -- - Message-ID: <4B2E5ED1.5010906@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <4B2D24D7.2010606@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B159C5C.2090407@FreeBSD.org> <4B2CED9B.6010903@quip.cz> <4B2D24D7.2010606@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Miroslav Lachman wrote: >> I don't know if it is well known / documented somewhere in portmaster, >> but after debugging, I realized that pkg_add on FreeBSD 6.3 has no long >> options > > This is why all of the ports tools should be in the ports tree. :) > > I just added the fix to the svn version of portmaster, if you can > confirm that it works I'll add it to the port immediately. I was not > aware of this issue, and apparently you're the first person to test > package support on a release this old. Thank you, both for the testing > and the bug report. It is not working - pkg_add on 6.3 has no option for "Install the package without fetching and installing dependencies". I mean, there is no long nor short option for this, so this portmaster's functionality cannot be easily ported to 6.3. That's why I suggest to disable packages support on FreeBSD =< 6.3 as it cannot work this way. pkg_add will always install dependencies on this old version. 6.3 pkg_add options usage: pkg_add [-vInrfRMSK] 7.2 pkg_add options usage: pkg_add [-viInfFrRMSK] According to man pkg_add on 6.4, there are needed options http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.4-RELEASE&format=html But not on 6.3 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.3-RELEASE&format=html I think you don't need to spend a lot of time to solve this for 6.3 as it's Estimated EoL is January 31, 2010 ;) Maybe something like this can be enough: if [ ! `uname -r | egrep -q "^(5|6\.[0-3])"` ]; then echo "Packages options are not supported on your OS version" exit fi >> And one question - is it really mandatory to use >> --local-packagedir=/usr/ports/packages if I want to install locally >> available packages from standard path /usr/local/packages/All? > > Yes. > >> Shouldn't it be default behavior? > > IMO, no. I think that the vast majority of FreeBSD users just want to > be able to fetch packages and have them installed. > >> Without --local-packagedir portmaster is trying to fetch it from FTP: >> "Package and/or archive not found at: >> http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.3-release/lang/" >> and doesn't look at the local directory: >> "There is no valid package to install, building port instead" > > This is the desired behavior. OK, I can live with it. :) I was asking it because somebody can use NFS mounted /usr/ports from build machine and then all packages are located in /usr/local/packages/All and packages should be installed from this location only (not fetched from FreeBSD FTP). Is there a simple way to disable fetching packages from remote site and use local packages only? (something better than fake PACKAGEROOT?) Anyway, thank you for packages support in portmaster! Now I am waiting for "more general scripting hooks such as BEFOREDEINSTALL and AFTERINSTALL" and then portmaster will have all features I need! :o) Miroslav Lachman
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