i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much "abandonware" so I've been told to move on to portmaster. Despite the very long manpage I can't seem to be able to achieve the following thing with portmaster: $ por

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 00:24, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it > started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much > "abandonware" so I've been told to move on to portmaster. Despite the > very long manpage I can't seem to be able

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Alex Kozlov
On 08/06/2010 00:24, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it > started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much > "abandonware" so I've been told to move on to portmaster. Despite the > very long manpage I can't seem to be able

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 00:24, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: >> I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it >> started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much >> "abandonware" so I've been told to move on to portmaster

Re: libvpx-0.9.1 doesn't seem to want to compile on current.

2010-08-06 Thread Anonymous
"Sergey V. Dyatko" writes: > A>> ===> libvpx-0.9.1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.10.1 - found > A>> sed: > A>> > /usr/ports/multimedia/libvpx/work/libvpx-0.9.1/build/make/armlink_adapter.sh:#!/bin/bash: > A>> No such file or directory > A>> *** Error code 1 > A> > A>Can it be related to

Re: libvpx-0.9.1 doesn't seem to want to compile on current.

2010-08-06 Thread Sergey V. Dyatko
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:51:01 +0400 Anonymous wrote: > "Sergey V. Dyatko" writes: > > > A>> ===> libvpx-0.9.1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.10.1 - > > A>> found sed: > > A>> > > /usr/ports/multimedia/libvpx/work/libvpx-0.9.1/build/make/armlink_adapter.sh:#!/bin/bash: > > A>> No such fil

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread jhell
On 08/06/2010 04:58, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 08/06/2010 00:24, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: >>> I've been using ports-mgmt/portupgrade pretty much ever since it >>> started to exist. Unfortunately portupgrade seems to be pretty much >>> "aba

Re: ports/149264: Update port: devel/p5-ParseLex

2010-08-06 Thread pirzyk
Synopsis: Update port: devel/p5-ParseLex Responsible-Changed-From-To: pirzyk->freebsd-ports Responsible-Changed-By: pirzyk Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Aug 6 12:00:34 UTC 2010 Responsible-Changed-Why: Approve diff, please commit. Thanks http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=149264 __

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Martin Schweizer
Hello Sandra I was in a similar situation. I found the following paramters very usefull: portmaster -a -d --no-confirm -a: Take all installed ports -d: Delete any dependicies -no--confirm: Wait not after the check which ports are upgradable With the above switch portmaster waits in two case: 1.

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Martin Schweizer wrote: > Hello Sandra > > I was in a similar situation. I found the following paramters very usefull: > > portmaster -a -d --no-confirm > > -a: Take all installed ports > -d: Delete any dependicies > -no--confirm: Wait not after the check which port

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread RW
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:44:09 +0200 Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > It would be extremely nice if there would be a --batch option that > would act like portupgrade. Does setting BATCH in the environment not work? ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread David Wolfskill
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:52:40PM +0200, Martin Schweizer wrote: > Hello Sandra > > I was in a similar situation. I found the following paramters very usefull: > > portmaster -a -d --no-confirm > > -a: Take all installed ports > -d: Delete any dependicies Errr... careful, there: -d alw

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Sandra Kachelmann > wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Martin Schweizer > > wrote: > >> Hello Sandra > >> > >> I was in a similar situation. I found the following paramters very usefull: > >> > >> portmaster -a -d --no-confirm > >> > >> -a: Take all inst

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Freddie Cash
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Sandra Kachelmann >> wrote: >> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Martin Schweizer >> > wrote: >> >> Hello Sandra >> >> >> >> I was in a similar situation. I found the following paramters very >> >> usef

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Sandra Kachelmann > wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Sandra Kachelmann >>> wrote: >>> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Martin Schweizer >>> > wrote: >>> >> Hello Sandra >>> >> >>> >> I was in a sim

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: >> >> If you absolutely do not want to see the OPTIONS screens, no matter >> what, then add -G (see man page for details). > > No, that's not what -G does.  -G makes portmaster handle the

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: >>> >>> If you absolutely do not want to see the OPTIONS screens, no matter >>> what, then add -G (see man page for details). >

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 06.08.2010 15:59, schrieb Sandra Kachelmann: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: >>> >>> If you absolutely do not want to see the OPTIONS screens, no matter >>> what, then add -G (see man page for details). >> >> No, t

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: > > If you absolutely do not want to see the OPTIONS screens, no matter > what, then add -G (see man page for details). > No, that's not what -G does. -G makes portmaster handle the options screen similar to portupgrade eg waiting to ask you u

keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Anonymous
While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it finally comes time to install I need to type password again. Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running $ sudo true would be enough to update time stamp. They're per tty by default, anyway.

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Sandra Kachelmann > wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Adam Vande More >> wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: If you absolutely do not want to see the OPTIONS

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann < s.kachelm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hmm... > > I just tried to update an outdated system with: > > $ portmaster --no-confirm -G -m 'BATCH=yes' -a > > after a while it asked me whether I want to delete pcre - so -m > BATCH=yes does not work. >

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Freddie Cash
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > I just tried to update an outdated system with: > > $ portmaster --no-confirm -G -m 'BATCH=yes' -a > > after a while it asked me whether I want to delete pcre - so -m > BATCH=yes does not work. What's the exact message? Is it asking abou

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann > wrote: >> I just tried to update an outdated system with: >> >> $ portmaster --no-confirm -G -m 'BATCH=yes' -a >> >> after a while it asked me whether I want to delete pcre - so -m >> BATCH=y

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann > wrote: >> >> Hmm... >> >> I just tried to update an outdated system with: >> >> $ portmaster --no-confirm -G -m 'BATCH=yes' -a >> >> after a while it asked me whether I want to delete pcre

Re: ports/149264: Update port: devel/p5-ParseLex

2010-08-06 Thread itetcu
Synopsis: Update port: devel/p5-ParseLex Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ports->freebsd-ports-bugs Responsible-Changed-By: itetcu Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Aug 6 14:43:52 UTC 2010 Responsible-Changed-Why: Correct assignment (don't assign to the mailing list). http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/

Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Ashish SHUKLA
Anonymous writes: > While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it > finally comes time to install I need to type password again. > Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running > $ sudo true How about using `timestamp_timeout` option in sudoers(5) ? OR maybe using N

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Jim Riggs
On Aug 6, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > Hmm... > > I just tried to update an outdated system with: > > $ portmaster --no-confirm -G -m 'BATCH=yes' -a > > after a while it asked me whether I want to delete pcre - so -m > BATCH=yes does not work. Somewhere along the thread you los

Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Anonymous
ash...@freebsd.org (Ashish SHUKLA) writes: > Anonymous writes: >> While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it >> finally comes time to install I need to type password again. >> Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running > >> $ sudo true > > How about using `time

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread B. Estrade
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 04:37:42PM +0200, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Sandra Kachelmann > > wrote: > >> > >> Hmm... > >> > >> I just tried to update an outdated system with: > >> > >> $ portmaster --no-confi

games/connect4 segfaults.

2010-08-06 Thread David DEMELIER
Hi, I just wanted to try games/connect4 but it segfaults here on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE and amd64. It's a long backtrace so I think you should try it by yourself. Kind regards. -- Demelier David ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: games/connect4 segfaults.

2010-08-06 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth David DEMELIER on Friday, 06 August 2010: > Hi, > > I just wanted to try games/connect4 but it segfaults here on FreeBSD > 8.1-RELEASE and amd64. > > It's a long backtrace so I think you should try it by yourself. > > Kind regards. > > -- > Demelier David seg faults for me, too -- but w

Stepping down from my ports

2010-08-06 Thread Frank Steinborn
Dear porters, unfortunately I need to step down from all the FreeBSD ports that I currently maintain, namely: audio/ices0 audio/linux-shoutcast audio/shoutcast benchmarks/nbench devel/libgee games/avanor games/crimson games/wrogue irc/minbif misc/apparix multimedia/gpodder net-im/pino net-mgmt/na

Re: games/connect4 segfaults.

2010-08-06 Thread Anonymous
David DEMELIER writes: > Hi, > > I just wanted to try games/connect4 but it segfaults here on FreeBSD > 8.1-RELEASE and amd64. > > It's a long backtrace so I think you should try it by yourself. Hmm, I have a very short one here, on gdb71 + gcc45. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation

Re: Stepping down from my ports

2010-08-06 Thread Charlie Kester
On Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 11:51:05 PDT Frank Steinborn wrote: multimedia/gpodder I can take this one. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsub

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 04:52, Martin Schweizer wrote: > Hello Sandra > > I was in a similar situation. I found the following paramters very usefull: > > portmaster -a -d --no-confirm > > -a: Take all installed ports > -d: Delete any dependicies That's not what -d means. You would be better off with the

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 05:44, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > Thank you for your answer (and everyone else who replied). This is > exactly the reason why I keep going back to portupgrade. Default > OPTIONS almost always work for me - if not I go to the ports directory > and run make config then let the --batch

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 04:34, jhell wrote: > Doug, > > One fallback that I cannot seem to get over is the creation of a backup > package failed do you want to ignore [i] message prompt & the package > messages that are displayed with $PAGER at the end of the upgrades. I > do not recall the packages that

Trying to use the USERS and SHAREOWN functionalities

2010-08-06 Thread Jim Trigg
Are there any examples of how to use the USERS functionality together with the SHAREOWN functionality in a port makefile? I'm working on updating the ecartis port to use standard functionality for its user ID, but can't seem to tell how to make sure that the USERS are created before files are inst

Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 07:27, Anonymous wrote: > While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it > finally comes time to install I need to type password again. > Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running > > $ sudo true > > would be enough to update time stamp. They're per

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Jim Trigg
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 04:34, jhell wrote: >> Do not prompt for a backup package creation failure > > I need to add an option for this, but it will likely be an "expert" > option that you can set in the rc file. The theory is that package > creation fail

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 14:33, Jim Trigg wrote: > One example I have (unfortunately): I accidentally wiped out > /usr/local/. Reinstalling all my ports was easy -- first reinstall > portmaster and then run "portmaster -af". The problem was that for > every single port I had to say "Yes, ignore the fact th

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > I need to add an option for this, but it will likely be an "expert" > option that you can set in the rc file. The theory is that package > creation failure should be a rare thing, and since portmaster has no way > to know what packages are real

Re: Trying to use the USERS and SHAREOWN functionalities

2010-08-06 Thread Jason
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 05:28:50PM -0400, Jim Trigg thus spake: Are there any examples of how to use the USERS functionality together with the SHAREOWN functionality in a port makefile? I'm working on updating the ecartis port to use standard functionality for its user ID, but can't seem to tell

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 15:03, Adam Vande More wrote: > While your in the mood for for taking portmaster suggestions, I am always in the mood for taking suggestions. :) > I think an > option to backup all currently installed packages would be useful. for pkg in /var/db/pkg/* ; do pkg_create -b $

Re: Stepping down from my ports

2010-08-06 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 13:16:49 -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: > On Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 11:51:05 PDT Frank Steinborn wrote: > > > >multimedia/gpodder > > I can take this one. Done. -- Sahil Tandon ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 14:03, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 05:44, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > >> Thank you for your answer (and everyone else who replied). This is >> exactly the reason why I keep going back to portupgrade. Default >> OPTIONS almost always work for me In my haste to point out the ex

Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Anonymous
Doug Barton writes: > On 08/06/2010 07:27, Anonymous wrote: >> While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it >> finally comes time to install I need to type password again. >> Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running >> >> $ sudo true >> >> would be enough to

Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 15:54, Anonymous wrote: > Doug Barton writes: > >> On 08/06/2010 07:27, Anonymous wrote: >>> While updating ports some take a long time to compile and when it >>> finally comes time to install I need to type password again. >>> Is there an option to prevent that? Smth like running >

Port stuck in the pipe

2010-08-06 Thread Jesse Smith
About two months ago I submitted a PR for a new port (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=147768) >From the tracking page it looks like it got bounced around a little and then didn't go anywhere. It's a game, so I understand it being a low priority, but I'm wondering if there is anything I

Re: keep-alive option for sudo in portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Jim Trigg
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 15:54, Anonymous wrote: >> Doug Barton writes: >>> While I can sympathize with your situation, I think you'd be better off >>> in this case running your portmaster commands in an actual root shell. >> >> Wouldn't periodic hook be

portmaster and environ from pkg_install tools (was: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster)

2010-08-06 Thread Andres Perera
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 15:03, Adam Vande More wrote: > >> While your in the mood for for taking portmaster suggestions, > > I am always in the mood for taking suggestions. :) > On that note, I suggest that portmaster should fallback on PKG_PATH, which i

Re: portmaster and environ from pkg_install tools (was: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster)

2010-08-06 Thread Doug Barton
On 08/06/2010 16:01, Andres Perera wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 08/06/2010 15:03, Adam Vande More wrote: >> >>> While your in the mood for for taking portmaster suggestions, >> >> I am always in the mood for taking suggestions. :) >> > > On that note, I sugges

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Michel Talon
Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 15:03, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > While your in the mood for for taking portmaster suggestions, > > I am always in the mood for taking suggestions. :) > > > I think an > > option to backup all currently installed packages would be useful. > > for pkg in /

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/06/2010 15:03, Adam Vande More wrote: > > for pkg in /var/db/pkg/* ; do >pkg_create -b $pkg > done > Yes, that is basically what I'm talking about, my script is a little fancier now, prompts for directory with a default if you ju

Next question from a basically novice maintainer

2010-08-06 Thread Jim Trigg
OK, I'm trying to set up tinderbox to validate the port I maintain and another that I'm attempting to put together (well, technically to update since the maintainer has not responded to my inquiry). How do I set up ports trees for individual ports and their dependencies? The README only shows how

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread jhell
On 08/06/2010 17:26, Doug Barton wrote: >> and force creation of whatever you have on the system already? > Not sure what this means, can you explain it in more detail? No matter what the state of a package is I feel deeply that when making a backup package, that should not fail because of a missi

Re: i keep *trying* to move from portupgrade to portmaster

2010-08-06 Thread jhell
On 08/06/2010 18:03, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > >> I need to add an option for this, but it will likely be an "expert" >> option that you can set in the rc file. The theory is that package >> creation failure should be a rare thing, and since por

FreeBSD unmaintained ports which are currently marked broken

2010-08-06 Thread linimon
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically notify users of ports that are marked as "broken" in their Makefiles. In many cases these ports are failing to compile on some subset of the FreeBSD build environments. The most common probl

FreeBSD ports which are currently marked broken

2010-08-06 Thread linimon
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically notify users of ports that are marked as "broken" in their Makefiles. In many cases these ports are failing to compile on some subset of the FreeBSD build environments. The most common probl

FreeBSD ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

2010-08-06 Thread linimon
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically schedule removal of ports that have been judged to have outlived their usefulness. Often, this is due to a better alternative having become available and/or the cessation of development on th

FreeBSD unmaintained ports which are currently marked forbidden

2010-08-06 Thread linimon
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically notify users about ports that are marked as "forbidden" in their Makefiles. Often, these ports are so marked due to security concerns, such as known exploits. An overview of each port, inclu

FreeBSD unmaintained ports which are currently scheduled for deletion

2010-08-06 Thread linimon
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically schedule removal of ports that have been judged to have outlived their usefulness. Often, this is due to a better alternative having become available and/or the cessation of development on th

FreeBSD ports which are currently marked forbidden

2010-08-06 Thread linimon
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of problems in the FreeBSD ports system, we periodically notify users about ports that are marked as "forbidden" in their Makefiles. Often, these ports are so marked due to security concerns, such as known exploits. An overview of each port, inclu