cvs commit: ports UPDATING

[Doug Barton]

On 06/30/2011 20:57, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> On 06/30/2011 10:22 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 06/30/2011 14:03, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>>> stephen 2011-06-30 21:03:43 UTC
>>>
>>> FreeBSD ports repository
>>>
>>> Modified files:
>>> . UPDATING
>>> Log:
>>> - Tell octave-forge* users to completely remove old ports before
>>> reinstalling.
>>
>> This is not the first time this issue (ports doing the wrong thing if
>> you try to build them while they are installed) has come up, and I've
>> been thinking ... do we need something like a NO_REINSTALL flag that can
>> be added to a port's Makefile to indicate the problem? I realize that in
>> many cases the problem is better solved by fixing the real problem.
>> However I think that there are likely situations like this where there
>> is a legitimate problem that can only be overcome by removing the
>> installed ports first.
>>
>> Is this idea worth pursuing? I have some ideas about how it should be
>> implemented but I'm curious what others think about the concept first.
>>
>>
>> Doug
>
> Doug,
>
> I just wanted to say that you may have misunderstood my commit log,

Wouldn't be the first time. :)

> because of some personal email exchanges we have had. I have now
> repaired the octave-forge ports so that there is no need to have them
> use a NO_REINSTALL flag.

Ok, that's awesome!

> However, this required me to redesign how the
> ports work. So my message in UPDATING was merely telling the users to
> deinstall all the octave forge ports ONE TIME, before rebuilding them.
>
> After deinstalling them and then reinstalling them, the octave-forge
> ports should afterwards be completely compatible with portmaster.
>
> So a NO_REINSTALL flag is not required for octave-forge*.

Ok, so I guess we can store this idea for some time down the road when 
it's really needed.


Doug

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