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Date:      Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:10:20 -0700
From:      Mark Foster <mark@foster.cc>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysutils/puppet: disabling freebsd ports package provider
Message-ID:  <4BBBB14C.5030101@foster.cc>
In-Reply-To: <4BBB9C2B.4070804@csub.edu>
References:  <4BBB9C2B.4070804@csub.edu>

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On 04/06/2010 01:40 PM, Russell Jackson wrote:
> Is there any objection to the ports provider being disabled on FreeBSD 
> systems since it mostly just causes puppet to hang anyway? I've had no 
> luck in fixing it. The problem is that portupgrade and script don't 
> interact well when running non-interactively.
>
> I've been running it this way in a local port, and I'm thinking of 
> disabling it in the official port as well. I'd post a patch for 
> upstream as well. If there are no objections, I'll submit a PR for the 
> change by the end of the week.
>
> Thanks,

Has this broken behavior been confirmed by anyone else?
I'd like to see the ports provider fixed, if possible. Is portmaster a 
more suitable back-end?

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I hate racists.  Mark D. Foster<mark@foster.cc>
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