From nobody Thu May 04 02:32:12 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QBdBF2CYhz49Xck for ; Thu, 4 May 2023 02:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "www.zefox.com", Issuer "www.zefox.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QBdBD6NRLz3C9V for ; Thu, 4 May 2023 02:32:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.17.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 3442WCJ9013586 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 3 May 2023 19:32:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.17.1/8.15.2/Submit) id 3442WCp7013585; Wed, 3 May 2023 19:32:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 19:32:12 -0700 From: bob prohaska To: Mark Millard Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: git for armv7 Message-ID: References: <7D7D80E2-D2C7-43F3-962C-EE5535409F38.ref@yahoo.com> <7D7D80E2-D2C7-43F3-962C-EE5535409F38@yahoo.com> List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7D7D80E2-D2C7-43F3-962C-EE5535409F38@yahoo.com> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QBdBD6NRLz3C9V X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 12:38:58PM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > bob prohaska wrote on > Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 18:43:09 UTC : > > > Don't the package servers keep an old package until > > a new one is successfully built to supercede it? > > That would work only if each package was independent > of all the others. Otherwise it could be doing things > like mixing an older git package with more recent > package(s) that provide, for example: > > /usr/local/lib/libpcre2-8.so.0 > /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.8 > > Such combinations need not be compatible with each > other. So, generally, far more older material > would have needed to be kept around and version > matched with the git download. Everything else > dependent on those 2 libraries would also have > to be dealt with as well. That might involve more > libraries and more programs. Such handling is > a mess and is resource intensive. It is not done. > > The old git package stuck around until the > distribution of the packages from the first > failure to build libunwind made it to the > download servers. Ahh, that makes sense. Old packages have too much baggage 8-) for the public servers. What happens in the case of a local poudriere repository? If it once builds a package, which subseqently fails, is the successful build deleted? The origins of my particular fiasco are still a mystery. It looks as if I somehow uninstalled git, along with its man pages. No idea how. At this point there's no compelling necessity to fix the faulty -current host. I'll wait. Thanks very much for writing! bob prohaska