On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:24:00 +0100 Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennej...@freenet.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:01:24 -0800 > Charlie Kester <corky1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > On Tue 09 Mar 2010 at 10:25:14 PST Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > >On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:23:51 -0500 > > >Steven Kreuzer <skreu...@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: po...@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: alepul...@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? > > > > By examining the ORIGIN tags in +CONTENTS and asking the user which > one to update? > > IMO this is a putative problem which shouldn't be "fixed" by renaming > a port. But I'm just a lowly ports committer and not a member of > portmgr. We ain't Gods either, y'know ;) -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> ite...@freebsd.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B
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