Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:01:24 -0800 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with same name Message-ID: <20100309190124.GA48403@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20100309192514.49a88a53@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <47B3280E-2609-476D-92EA-BC940C8C49D3@freebsd.org> <20100309192514.49a88a53@ernst.jennejohn.org>
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On Tue 09 Mar 2010 at 10:25:14 PST Gary Jennejohn wrote: >On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:23:51 -0500 >Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> Hello- >> >> As documented in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/144277 >> we have two ports with the same name: >> >> Port: gag-2.9 >> Path: /usr/ports/security/gag >> Info: A stacheldraht (DOS attack) agent detector >> Maint: ports@FreeBSD.org >> B-deps: >> R-deps: >> WWW: http://www.washington.edu/People/dad/ >> >> Port: gag-4.9 >> Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/gag >> Info: Graphical Boot Manager >> Maint: alepulver@FreeBSD.org >> B-deps: >> R-deps: >> WWW: http://gag.sourceforge.net/ >> >> I am looking for some advice on whats the best course of action to deal with this. >> >> My gut feeling is that sysutils/gag should remain the same and that security/gag should be >> renamed to security/gag-stacheldraht. >> >> Anyone vehemently opposed to this? >> > >So where's the problem? sysutils/gag doesn't seem to install a binary >which would conflict with security/gag. In fact, it doesn't seem to >install an executable at all, based on examining the Makefile and >pkg-plist. Could be a problem for tools like portmaster that allow the user to specify the port name only, rather than category/portname. If a user has both gags installed and then runs "portmaster gag", how should portmaster resolve the ambiguity?
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