Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:19:51 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Subject: Re: Getting a list of existing packages Message-ID: <20030925171951.GB62125@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20030925163742.GA88433@rfc-networks.ie> References: <3F72D337.11051.1F9C8A56@localhost> <20030925163742.GA88433@rfc-networks.ie>
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:37:42PM +0000, Philip Reynolds wrote:
> Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> 20 lines of wisdom included:
> > Please cc me on any replies.
> >=20
> > I'm trying to find a way of determining whether or not a given port=20
> > should have a package. I would prefer to obtain this information via=
=20
> > make. e.g. make -V PACKAGEEXISTS
>=20
> I don't think this is possible, since package builds are done
> regularly. The fact that a package existed when someone updated the
> port last, does not mean that a package still exists. I think the
> main reason a package would not exist would be because of a build
> failure (distfile not existing, compilation error etc.)
>=20
> I think the only way to check if a relevant port has a package would
> be to check on bento.
>=20
> I'm completely open to correction here..
>=20
> I'm also wondering what exactly you mean by "should have a package"?
> Perhaps I missed the point completely.
>=20
I'm not quite sure about the question either. I can see two possibles,
the one you answered and another to which the answer would be the
opposite of NO_PACKAGE and friends.
Cheers,
-erwin
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