On 08/09/2011 15:01, Sahil Tandon wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 21:16:23 +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> On 9 August 2011 20:43, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> On 08/09/2011 12:18, Chris Rees wrote:
>>>> On 9 August 2011 17:50, Steven Kreuzer <skreu...@freebsd.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I missed it when I first looked to see if this was a port. I
>>>>> removed mine from the tree
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone object if I looked at adding danfe's grep suggestion
>>>> to addport ? We have similar checks in rmport...
>>>
>>> Not sure exactly what you're proposing. If you're talking about
>>> humans looking to see if a port exists already then 'cd /usr/ports
>>> && make search name=foo' is probably an easier way to do that.
>>
>> I was thinking of (like the PRs open for $port of rmport)
>>
>> Ports named like ack: textproc/p5-ack
>>
>> Are you sure you wish to continue [Y/N]?
>
> I think this is a reasonable idea - please do not be discouraged from
> trying.
I sincerely hope you're not referring to my question as a possible
source of discouragement. It certainly was not intended to be.
> Us humans are imperfect, and it would be nice to have another
> check if it is implemented in a useful manner. Looking forward to the
> patch.
I agree that this kind of functionality is a good addition to addport,
the only questions are "What is the best way to accomplish it?" and
"Might there be a more generally useful approach?"
Doug
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