Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:45:13 +0100 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes Message-ID: <400DD9A9.3010903@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <20040121013158.GA22773@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <1074590694.85583.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <400D2939.5090203@fillmore-labs.com> <1074617147.757.16.camel@gyros> <20040120171315.GH94636@FreeBSD.org> <1074619795.757.43.camel@gyros> <400D68A1.4030501@fillmore-labs.com> <1074620919.757.51.camel@gyros> <20040120175136.GC3365@toxic.magnesium.net> <400D6D8F.7010708@fillmore-labs.com> <20040121013158.GA22773@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 07:03:59PM +0100, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > >>Look at >> <http://bento.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-packages-5-latest/Latest/>; >>all packages in one directory, no collisions, version independent. It even >>survives renaming / category changes. > > In the past there have been ports that collide here. There may still > be...we don't check for it automatically. Yes, there are collisions, but you can easily flag most of them as bugs. The point is that avoiding collisions and version independence are the properties we want here.
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