Re: Getting off topic (Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc)

2017-10-08 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting Baptiste Daroussin (from Fri, 6 Oct 2017 15:34:58 +0200): Speaking solely for myself, I am more than pleased by all the work Baptiste and fellow developers have put into the ports infrastructure. THANK YOU! But also, portmaster is a life saver for me with my 4GB build machine, so I h

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Chris H
On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:46:08 +1100 (EST) Dave Horsfall wrote > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, Chris H wrote: > > >> I'll second that.-- George (old fart w/50 years software experience) > > > > WooHoo! another greybeard! I'm at ~50yrs myself! > > Only 47 years exp here (the last 42 with Unix). ..and Uni

Re: Getting off topic (Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc)

2017-10-06 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 01:28:59PM +, George Mitchell wrote: > On 10/06/17 04:20, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:13:42AM +, Steve Kargl wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:41:28AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > >>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +, S

Getting off topic (Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc)

2017-10-06 Thread George Mitchell
On 10/06/17 04:20, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:13:42AM +, Steve Kargl wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:41:28AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +, Steve Kargl wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 10:08:54PM +, Baho Utot wrote: > > > On 10/05/17 16:27, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > > > > On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > > > > > Here's my take on that. > > > > > > > > The future direction has alrea

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Mike Clarke
On Friday 06 Oct 2017 00:29:17 tech-lists wrote: > I'd use packages more were it not for the received wisdom that mixing > packages and ports is a Bad Thing (tm) - is this still the case? The main thing is to keep your ports tree synchronised with the version used for the package repository. I

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:13:42AM +, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:41:28AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > > > > > > > Poudriere real

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Steve Kargl
On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:41:28AM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > > > > > Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do simple > > > poudriere ins

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, Chris H wrote: I'll second that.-- George (old fart w/50 years software experience) WooHoo! another greybeard! I'm at ~50yrs myself! Only 47 years exp here (the last 42 with Unix). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-06 Thread Baptiste Daroussin
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:15:18PM +, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > > > Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do simple > > poudriere installs, but once you start covering it properly the docs > > quickly expand. My

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 06/10/2017 00:29, tech-lists wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 12:22:30PM +0100, Mike Clarke wrote: > >> the currently available package is built against php56. Using >> poudriere for this one task would >> be equivalent to using a steamroller to crack a peanut. Building >> phpMyAdmin from ports

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > I'd vote to have Chris H be the maintainer of this port. > Why knock the guy if he wants to invest his time and > energy into doing something to help the project? > Does it cause anyone pain to see someone working on > maintaining the project? Why would someone say no you cannot maintain thi

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread blubee blubeeme
I'd vote to have Chris H be the maintainer of this port. Why knock the guy if he wants to invest his time and energy into doing something to help the project? Does it cause anyone pain to see someone working on maintaining the project? Why would someone say no you cannot maintain this port, especia

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > > a few inquiries regarding taking maintainer for the port. My request > > was ultimately declined. I was deemed unqualified. That judgement was > > unfounded. :( Right now, tz@ is the maintainer of ports-mgmt/portmaster. If someone wants to become maintainer, the best way is to look at th

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:37:08 -0700 "Chris H" wrote > > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote ---8<---8<--- > > > Seem a reasonable request? If [found] so, I'll solicit for qualified > > > individuals to work with me on it in a new thread. > > > > > > Thanks for your time, and c

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 19:59:51 -0400 George Mitchell wrote > On 10/05/17 18:13, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> [...] > >> Seem a reasonable request? If [found] so, I'll solicit for qualified > >> individuals to work with me on it in a new thread. > >> > >> Thanks for your time, and consideration > > >

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread George Mitchell
On 10/05/17 18:13, Adam Weinberger wrote: >> [...] >> Seem a reasonable request? If [found] so, I'll solicit for qualified >> individuals to work with me on it in a new thread. >> >> Thanks for your time, and consideration > > [...] > Let me know what you need. I'll give you whatever support I can

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread tech-lists
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 12:22:30PM +0100, Mike Clarke wrote: the currently available package is built against php56. Using poudriere for this one task would be equivalent to using a steamroller to crack a peanut. Building phpMyAdmin from ports is no great problem for me and perhaps future deve

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 22:59:31 + Grzegorz Junka wrote > On 05/10/2017 22:15, Chris H wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 20:27:19 + Grzegorz Junka wrote > > > >> On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: > >>> > >>> On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: > >>> > Here's my take on that. > > >

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 05/10/2017 22:15, Chris H wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 20:27:19 + Grzegorz Junka wrote On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: Here's my take on that. The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 years ago with their devel

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 05/10/2017 22:27, Chris H wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 22:05:05 + Grzegorz Junka wrote On 05/10/2017 21:53, Chris H wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl wrote: On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wr

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 16:13:36 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote > > On 5 Oct, 2017, at 15:53, Chris H wrote: > > > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote > > > >>> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl > >>> wrote: > >>> On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger w

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 22:05:05 + Grzegorz Junka wrote > On 05/10/2017 21:53, Chris H wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote > > > >>> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl > >>> wrote: > >>> On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > On

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 05/10/2017 22:08, Baho Utot wrote: On 10/05/17 16:27, Grzegorz Junka wrote: On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: Here's my take on that. The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 years ago with their development of

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 10/05/17 14:53, Chris H wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl wrote: On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl wrote: Which brings me back to my i686 laptop with lim

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Adam Weinberger
> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 15:53, Chris H wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote > >>> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl >>> wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: > On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl > wrote: Which bri

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 20:27:19 + Grzegorz Junka wrote > On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: > > > > > > On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > >> Here's my take on that. > >> > >> The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders > >> 2 years ago with their development

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Baho Utot
On 10/05/17 16:27, Grzegorz Junka wrote: On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: Here's my take on that. The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 years ago with their development of a better pkg system. [putolin] Don

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 05/10/2017 21:53, Chris H wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl wrote: On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl wrote: Which brings me back to my i686 laptop with

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 15:54:32 -0400 Baho Utot wrote > On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > > Here's my take on that. > > > > The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 > > years ago with their development of a better pkg system. > > > > [putolin] > > > Don't l

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Chris H
On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:52:51 -0600 Adam Weinberger wrote > > On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl > > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >>> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl > >>> wrote: Which brings me back to my i686 laptop with limited resource

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote: On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: Here's my take on that. The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 years ago with their development of a better pkg system. [putolin] Don't let the few old school die hearts who are

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 05/10/2017 18:41, Steve Kargl wrote: On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 10:52:51AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: (courtesy long-line wrap) You seem to be fully convinced in a conspiracy to destroy portmaster, and I don't get the impression that I'm going to change your mind. All I can tell you is tha

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Baho Utot
On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote: Here's my take on that. The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 years ago with their development of a better pkg system. [putolin] Don't let the few old school die hearts who are afraid of any change and make the most

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Steve Kargl
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 10:52:51AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: (courtesy long-line wrap) > You seem to be fully convinced in a conspiracy to destroy > portmaster, and I don't get the impression that I'm going > to change your mind. All I can tell you is that impending > portmaster breakage is N

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Adam Weinberger
> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 10:28, Steve Kargl > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: >>> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl >>> wrote: >>> Which brings me back to my i686 laptop with limited resources. >>> If portmgr makes it impractical/impossible to easily

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Steve Kargl
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31:41AM -0600, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl > > wrote: > > Which brings me back to my i686 laptop with limited resources. > > If portmgr makes it impractical/impossible to easily install ports > > without a sledge hammer, then testing

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Konstantin Belousov
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 08:25:20AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:59:41PM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 07:51:16AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 11:35:58AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 201

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Adam Weinberger
> On 5 Oct, 2017, at 9:25, Steve Kargl > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:59:41PM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 07:51:16AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 11:35:58AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:27:11P

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Steve Kargl
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 05:59:41PM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 07:51:16AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 11:35:58AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:27:11PM -0700, Don Lewis wrote: > > > > > The system in quest

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Konstantin Belousov
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 07:51:16AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 11:35:58AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:27:11PM -0700, Don Lewis wrote: > > > > The system in question is my last i686 laptop, which I > > > > use for libm development and tes

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Steve Kargl
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 11:35:58AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:27:11PM -0700, Don Lewis wrote: > > > The system in question is my last i686 laptop, which I > > > use for libm development and testing. Once I cannot use > > > that laptop (whether hardware failure

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Mike Clarke
On Wednesday 04 Oct 2017 16:39:25 Ernie Luzar wrote: > Here's my take on that. > > The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 2 > years ago with their development of a better pkg system. > > The package system with flavors will cover 90% of the user community > needs. T

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Konstantin Belousov
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:27:11PM -0700, Don Lewis wrote: > > The system in question is my last i686 laptop, which I > > use for libm development and testing. Once I cannot use > > that laptop (whether hardware failure or inability to > > update the installed ports), I'll stop worrying about a

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting Adam Weinberger (from Wed, 4 Oct 2017 19:14:22 -0600): Portmaster is still very much a part of the current landscape, and if somebody steps in to fix it (which I have every expectation will happen eventually), it will continue being a usable alternative. It would help to have a l

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Franco Fichtner
> On 5. Oct 2017, at 9:47 AM, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > > On 05.10.2017 08:14, Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> Poudriere wants to be everything to everybody > > First poudriere will have to learn how to run without noticeable overhead > compared to "just build from ports" before it could became "ev

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Eugene Grosbein
On 05.10.2017 08:14, Adam Weinberger wrote: > Poudriere wants to be everything to everybody First poudriere will have to learn how to run without noticeable overhead compared to "just build from ports" before it could became "everything to everybody" and it needs to became part of base system fo

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Eugene Grosbein
On 05.10.2017 04:22, Steve Kargl wrote: > I did not state that the "environment is constrained by poudriere". > The environment is contrained due to resource limits. If you > only have 1 Gb of memory and 5-10 GB diskspace, then using poudriere > with zfs and jails is a nonstarter. Yes, I'm aware

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-05 Thread Eugene Grosbein
> Why compile ports directly on a box that is so hardware constrained that it > will take multiple hours to do, when a "pkg update; pkg upgrade" takes only > a few minutes? I tried really hard to run small virtual machine (1GB RAM, 25G disk) hosted at Hetzner without using ports and can say it's

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread blubee blubeeme
Interesting thread, I've learned more about FreeBSD build here than almost anywhere else. Thanks OP for the email. On Thu, Oct 5, 2017, 09:14 Adam Weinberger wrote: > > On 4 Oct, 2017, at 10:16, Michael W. Lucas > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm doing tech edits on the new edition of "Absolute

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Adam Weinberger
> On 4 Oct, 2017, at 10:16, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm doing tech edits on the new edition of "Absolute FreeBSD," and > stumbled into what's apparently a delicate topic. > > Some of my reviewers are happy I included portmaster in the book. > > Some reviewers beg me not to include

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Don Lewis
On 4 Oct, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:29:14PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: >> Please understand that I'm not trying to be obstinate, >> I'm trying to understand. > > Me too. > >> Background: years ago I managed the cluster of i386 blades >> that we used in package building. 93

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Steve Kargl
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 05:29:14PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > Please understand that I'm not trying to be obstinate, > I'm trying to understand. Me too. > Background: years ago I managed the cluster of i386 blades > that we used in package building. 933MHz and 512MB IIRC. > So I am familiar wi

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 09:56:53PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > portmaster/portupgrade trade off doing less work with > less resources in an attempt to produce less rigorously > correct result That was what I thought I said :-) or at least was trying to say. mcl ___

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Linimon
Please understand that I'm not trying to be obstinate, I'm trying to understand. Background: years ago I managed the cluster of i386 blades that we used in package building. 933MHz and 512MB IIRC. So I am familiar with constraint problems. On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:22:25PM -0700, Steve Kargl wr

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 04/10/2017 21:00, Mark Linimon wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:56:00PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: Maybe I am just too ambitious or maybe poudriere is more idiot-proof? My possibly incorrect understanding is that poudriere trades off doing a lot more work in an attempt to produce more ri

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 04/10/2017 21:22, Steve Kargl wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:30:49PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: On 04/10/2017 19:40, Steve Kargl wrote: Ahem, yeah, so I'm not allowed to request a short description on how to use poudiere in a resource constrained environment? The environment isn't co

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Steve Kargl
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:30:49PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > > On 04/10/2017 19:40, Steve Kargl wrote: > > Ahem, yeah, so I'm not allowed to request a short description > > on how to use poudiere in a resource constrained environment? > > > > The environment isn't constrained by poudriere bu

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > > On 04/10/2017 20:43, Mark Linimon wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:13:16PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: >> >>> I was trying >>> to compile with the system that was being updated at the >>> same time - this can't possibly work (or can

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:56:00PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > Maybe I am just too ambitious or maybe poudriere is more > idiot-proof? My possibly incorrect understanding is that poudriere trades off doing a lot more work in an attempt to produce more rigorously correct results. mcl __

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:39:25PM -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: > even the native ports system usage on personal machines > wwill fade away. I have seen this claim many times by users but AFAIR that was never a goal. The feeling was that _most_ users would migrate to using packages, once using packa

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 04/10/2017 20:43, Mark Linimon wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:13:16PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: I was trying to compile with the system that was being updated at the same time - this can't possibly work (or can it?). It works somewhere between "quite often" to "nearly all the time".

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 08:13:16PM +, Grzegorz Junka wrote: > I was trying > to compile with the system that was being updated at the > same time - this can't possibly work (or can it?). It works somewhere between "quite often" to "nearly all the time". It can vary depending on the complexity

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Ernie Luzar
Michael W. Lucas wrote: Hi, I'm doing tech edits on the new edition of "Absolute FreeBSD," and stumbled into what's apparently a delicate topic. Some of my reviewers are happy I included portmaster in the book. Some reviewers beg me not to include it. Unfortunately, people will be reading af3

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 04/10/2017 19:40, Steve Kargl wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:57:08PM -0400, George Mitchell wrote: On 10/04/17 14:14, Steve Kargl wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:21:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Steve Kargl < s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Grzegorz Junka
On 04/10/2017 16:16, Michael W. Lucas wrote: Hi, I'm doing tech edits on the new edition of "Absolute FreeBSD," and stumbled into what's apparently a delicate topic. Some of my reviewers are happy I included portmaster in the book. Some reviewers beg me not to include it. Unfortunately, peop

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Steve Kargl
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:57:08PM -0400, George Mitchell wrote: > On 10/04/17 14:14, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:21:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Steve Kargl < > >> s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, Oct 04, 20

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread George Mitchell
On 10/04/17 14:14, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:21:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Steve Kargl < >> s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: Poudriere really ne

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Steve Kargl
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:21:26AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Steve Kargl < > s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > > > > > Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Steve Kargl < s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > > > Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do simple > > poudriere installs, but once you start covering it properly the

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Steve Kargl
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:16:49PM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > > Poudriere really needs its own small book. Yes, you can do simple > poudriere installs, but once you start covering it properly the docs > quickly expand. My notes alone are longer than my af3e chapter > limits. (I'll probably p

Re: portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread George Mitchell
On 10/04/17 12:16, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > Hi, > > I'm doing tech edits on the new edition of "Absolute FreeBSD," and > stumbled into what's apparently a delicate topic. > > Some of my reviewers are happy I included portmaster in the book. > > Some reviewers beg me not to include it. [...] It

portmaster, portupgrade, etc

2017-10-04 Thread Michael W. Lucas
Hi, I'm doing tech edits on the new edition of "Absolute FreeBSD," and stumbled into what's apparently a delicate topic. Some of my reviewers are happy I included portmaster in the book. Some reviewers beg me not to include it. Unfortunately, people will be reading af3e and considering it defin