--On June 11, 2014 at 6:01:43 PM +0100 Matthew Seaman <matt...@freebsd.org>
wrote:
On 06/11/14 17:20, Paul Schmehl wrote:
I used to use cvsup. Then I switched to portsnap. Do I now need to
switch to svn? If so, is there a way to use svn to only update those
ports that have changed since the last update? I've been using svn for
a while to work on port updates. I know how to fetch the entire port
infrastructure but not how to only update those ports that have
changed. Portsnap can be automated to keep ports up to date. Is there
a similar utility that uses svn instead?
To maintain a copy of the ports tree, portsnap is probably least effort,
unless you're maintaining ports or want to make local customizations, in
which case use svn.
Is portmaster going away any time soon? Or is that now the preferred
method for updating ports? Is portupgrade going away? (I no longer use
it - just wondering.)
No. portmaster and portupgrade are here for the foreseeable future.
There's no reason to stop using them if they are your tools of choice.
Neither of those are specifically preferred for updating ports -- in
fact, there isn't any one method that is "preferred": ports supports
installing from source, with or without using tools like portmaster or
portupgrade, and it now also supports installing using binary packages
either from the FreeBSD official repositories or other repositories;
either your own, or run by (hopefully reputable) third parties like
PC-BSD for instance.
As a port maintainer, what tools do I use now that I've converted to
pkgng? Do we still use portlint? Or is there a new way to do that?
So many questions......
Yes, portlint is still important. However as a developer, you should add
DEVELOPER=YES
to your /etc/make.conf -- this will enable a number of sanity tests now
built into the ports Makefiles. This, plus the adoption of staging
means that you should be able to do unit tests on an updated port as
simply as:
% make stage
% make check-orphans
% make package PACKAGES=/tmp
which you can run as an ordinary user, rather than needing root level
access (assuming you've installed all the dependencies already.)
If your port passes all those, then it's in good shape, although I'd
recommend further testing via Redports or the like before committing to
the tree.
Thank you, Matthew. As always, you have been very helpful.
--
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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