On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 07:30 +1100, John Marshall wrote: > Prompted by the recent EOL announcement and the very loud pkg_install > warning, I recently migrated about a dozen systems to pkgng. So far the > only thing I've tripped over is the pkg-version(8) tool ignoring its > index argument. The tool appears to do a good job of maintaining > backwards compatibility with its venerable predecessor: > > usage: pkg_version [-hIoqv] [-l limchar] [-L limchar] [[-X] -s string] > [-O origin] [index] > pkg_version -t v1 v2 > pkg_version -T name pattern > > Usage: pkg version [-IPR] [-hoqvU] [-l limchar] [-L limchar] [-egix pattern] > [-r reponame] [-O origin] [index] > pkg version -t <version1> <version2> > pkg version -T <pkgname> <pattern> > > but the new tool completely ignores its optional [index] argument and, > if I request use of an INDEX via -I, it will only work if there is an > INDEX file in the ports tree directory. A missing ports tree directory > is also a fatal error. > > I have submitted a PR (ports/186671) in which I provide a patch to > pkg/version.c to rectify this problem. The patch: > > - removes the requirement for /usr/ports when using an index (-I) > > - reads and uses the optional index file argument which, if present, > will supersede the default file in /usr/ports.
That worked fine with the '-I' option. I discovered, after the Friday night periodic weekly jobs had run, that the new weekly 400.status-pkg job didn't give me the expected result. It turns out that this job passes the index file argument without setting -I. The original pkg_install version of this weekly periodic job does the same thing but it would use the index in the absence of a ports tree. I checked the old pkg_version code and saw that it uses the index argument (with no -I option) as a fallback if it cannot find a ports tree. I have updated the PR (ports/186671) with a new patch for pkg/version.c to restore this functionality. With the new patch, the version source selection precedence, if not overridden by any of (-IPR), is as follows: - use ports tree if present - fall back to index if index argument is present and file readable - fall back to remote repository -- John Marshall
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