Re: UPDATING providing misinformation

From: Piotr Smyrak <ps.ports_at_smyrak.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:20:08 UTC 
On Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:44:49 -0700
Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 07:53:50AM +0000, Alexander Burke wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> >   
> > >usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools_scm does not exist  
> >   
> > >py-setuptools-scm/  
> > 
> > Just a teensy-weensy difference...
> >   
> > >   # REINSTALL="$(pkg info -oq '*py39*')"
> > >   # pkg delete -f "*py39*"  
> 
> It's a gratuitous change that in my case led
> to re-installing 88 python ports by hand.
> 
> The name change is not documented in UPDATING.
> 

It has been documented in MOVED file:

devel/py-setuptools_scm|devel/py-setuptools-scm|2024-02-29|Package name changed


Still if one does not know or forgets about it's existence such a move
is quite opaque. I was also surprised by this.

-- 
 Piotr Smyrak