Handbook suggestion: Dealing with Moved Ports
Mike Brown
mike at skew.org
Mon Jun 3 09:14:11 UTC 2013
> Personally I put a note in UPDATING if it's a version switch, because
> these shouldn't normally be done automatically.
> [...]
> Anyone disagree with me, or shall I document that? :)
The response I got on the freebsd-ports list seems to disagree.[1]
Maybe you should post there?
I personally think it should be in UPDATING, because
1. the normal method of upgrading (portmaster nameofport) does not work;
one must invoke the "-o" option;
and
2. how to deal with a moved port like this is not documented; I only
guessed at "-o" because I've seen it in lots of UPDATING entries.
I feel we should document it either way. It would be especially useful if
it's true that UPDATING is for bigger gotchas than this kind of move.
-Mike
[1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-May/083946.html
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