Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:04:16 +0100 From: John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Ports-Announce] Time to bid farewell to the old pkg_ tools Message-ID: <52F38850.6080108@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <CAHzLAVHHKCKZ3TgKVRiuZFqSh2aX%2B2LqkQXg_QKHyNfD5eq9AQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201402052202.s15M2Lha059200@fire.js.berklix.net> <52F2C0C8.5010203@gmx.de> <CAN6yY1uyXNp_c4PruKM89S9g0Y0QAs02cu5Z-dx3oSg1yZC19Q@mail.gmail.com> <52F32F7C.2030601@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CAHcXP%2Be1orionpYmyTWweC02mqU8B1FzZV=T4BEmdyekN%2BJxuA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHzLAVES7V_wg1JPS_L4a5zhr6Fyu=q=c1MN2OwkB0N-CdQ-vA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2Bt49PKJ08ggRR%2BYrqv7n3=2dLEy-87ntWBWX35Tnk5Up8dY9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHzLAVHHKCKZ3TgKVRiuZFqSh2aX%2B2LqkQXg_QKHyNfD5eq9AQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/6/2014 13:58, Rick Miller wrote: > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I suspect he meant "a certain version, and *not* newer" - sometimes >> you might want to hold back a package. >> > Correct. My wish is the functionality be extended further to mean "a > certain version *or* newer", encompassing both features. Thus, allowing > him to say "port-1.1", while I say "port-1.4 or newer" or even "port-1.0 or > newer". As an observer, all I can say is "Don't get your hopes up" on this one. Hundreds of ports are bumped with majority dependency changes for a reason. The tree is treated as an integrated entity, not 25,000 interchangeable parts. It would take major technology shift, something closer to what PC-BSD's pbi things do/did. Ports itself isn't geared for this. Maybe some kind of package archive could be used though, if "pkg" solvers could be made to handle such requests. Sounds like an extremely difficult request to me though. John
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