portupgrade/pkgdb/pkgtools' ALT_PKGDEP

[Ryan O'Neill]

I've been trying to get this ALT_PKGDEP from pkgtools.conf feature to work all 
day and i'm now wondering if it's even supposed to be working?  Or is it 
brand new and still in testing phase?

I've been playing with two basic rules.. converting mysql323-client 
dependencies to mysql40-client, and deleting any qmail dependencies, since we 
are installing it from the source, not ports:
ALT_PKGDEP = {
  'mysql*client-*' => 'mysql40-client',
  'qmail' => :delete,
}

Neither of these seem to work.  I've tried many different variations of these 
globs (with and without asteriks, etc), but nothing i do makes a difference.  
Obviously, i'm using the latest portupgrade version (20030427).

This is the first time i've dug into some Ruby code, but as far as i can tell, 
when it actually checks this ALT_PKGDEP hash, it is runs:
pkgdb.match(my_glob_in_pkgtools.conf, the_missing_dependency)
(line 618 of /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb)

And .match runs:
glob(my_glob_in_pkgtools.conf)
(line 860 of /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb)

..which apparently searches all my packages for anything matching that 
pattern?  And then checks the return value of that with 
the_missing_dependency?

Well it seems to me that it's never going to find qmail, since i never 
installed the port, thus it will never automatically delete the dependency.  
Bug? :)

I'm still baffled why it won't find the mysql port.  Maybe my glob is 
malformed?  Maybe i need a regexp?  (like i said, i've already tried a bunch 
of stuff, but nothing seems to work)

Not a big deal (i can always fix em manually), it's just a cool feature, and 
it'd be even cooler if it worked :)

Thnx

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