ports/89164: [PATCH] /var/db/pkg/{portname}/+CONTENTS files sometimes contain wrong data

[Pav Lucistnik]

> > > >  Could you send the standalone bsd.port.mk patch to this PR?
> > >
> > > Sorry, should have said where it was, gets put
> > > into /usr/local/share/portmanager but I'll attach the patch to this
> > > message anyways.
> >
> > So this incorporates your portmanager into bsd.port.mk? I'm afraid we
> > can't possibly include this in the official ports tree without making
> > portmanager part of base system, do we?
> >
> > What kind of feedback you're expecting from us, then?
> 
> Most important is that you recognize there is a problem with
> how +CONTENTS files are generated.  

Yes, there is a long standing problem and we're aware of it. Sadly, no
workable solution was submitted so far (at least I haven't found any PR
filed against it).

> Wether or not you all choose to make portmanager as a part
> of the base system is up to you all,  I really just wanted to let
> you know that when portmanager is installed in a user system
> I'd like it to make the adjustment to bsd.ports.mk.  If portmanager
> is removed I'll make sure it smoothly returns bsd.ports.mk
> to a usefull state as part of the deinstall process.

You're free to do whatever you want in your software. Just note that you
have to patch bsd.ports.mk every time user cvsuped the tree, not only on
portmanager install/deinstall.

-- 
Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
              <pav at FreeBSD.org>

On real UNIX, /usr/bin/more prints -More-.