From nobody Wed Nov 22 00:50:47 2023 X-Original-To: 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 4SZjNH3bGyz51QMC for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:50:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from lowell-fbsd13.localdomain (be-well.ilk.org [23.30.133.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4SZjNG4VVhz4dk9 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org has no SPF policy when checking 23.30.133.173) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=ilk.org (policy=none) Received: from lowell-fbsd13.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lowell-fbsd13.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3439E81CF15; Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:50:48 -0500 (EST) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by lowell-fbsd13.lan (8.17.1/8.17.1/Submit) id 3AM0olFS001818; Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:50:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org) X-Authentication-Warning: lowell-fbsd13.lan: lowell set sender to freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f From: Lowell Gilbert To: Richard Childers Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why do packages disappear? In-Reply-To: <3268de3b-334c-46db-8986-d9406323d6ad@redwoodhodling.com> (Richard Childers's message of "Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:42:27 -0800") References: <7a0cfebd-9137-435e-910a-3e9641650976@redwoodhodling.com> <3268de3b-334c-46db-8986-d9406323d6ad@redwoodhodling.com> Reply-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:50:47 -0500 Message-ID: <44edgia9w8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) 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 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.60 / 15.00]; HFILTER_HELO_IP_A(1.00)[lowell-fbsd13.localdomain]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; HFILTER_HELO_NORES_A_OR_MX(0.30)[lowell-fbsd13.localdomain]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[ilk.org : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; HAS_XAW(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7922, ipnet:23.30.0.0/15, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; REPLYTO_DOM_NEQ_FROM_DOM(0.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[ports@FreeBSD.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[ports@FreeBSD.org] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4SZjNG4VVhz4dk9 X-Spamd-Bar: / Richard Childers writes: > When I say 'disappear', I mean this: > > > root@metatron:~ # date > Tue Nov 21 12:41:35 PST 2023 > > root@metatron:~ # ls -d /usr/ports/*/*google*chrom* > /usr/ports/www/ungoogled-chromium > > root@metatron:~ # pkg search ungoogled-chromium > root@metatron:~ # > > > It would be nice if packages didn't disappear and reappear. Can't we > just save the last successful build? Not in cases where the port was updated to fix a security problem. Once we have a fix, we should not be distributing software with known vulnerabilities, even if that means there is no package available for several hours. Be well.