On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:30:14PM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:22:00PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > It provides a link to where the package would be if it exists. The > > web frontend has no knowledge of which packages are available at any > > given point in time because this set fluctuates on a daily basis, so > > the frontend is always going to have windows where it's out of date > > with respect to what's on the ftp site. > > I'm sorry, but clue me in here. You are saying that the online database of > ports has no idea what is in the ports tree?
No, it can't tell when a package failed to compile (or is otherwise missing from the ftp site) for an unexpected reason. It looks like the link I pointed you to does filter out 'expected' failures (of which frontpage is one), but the link you pointed me to does not. This is probably a simple omission in the affected scripts, so you should submit a PR pointing to both URLs and noting the difference. Thanks, Kris
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