[Bug 291666] devel/base64: this new port was added but duplicates the package naming of the long standing converters/base64
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 18:57:04 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291666
Bug ID: 291666
Summary: devel/base64: this new port was added but duplicates
the package naming of the long standing
converters/base64
Product: Ports & Packages
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: Individual Port(s)
Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Reporter: marklmi26-fbsd@yahoo.com
CC: nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net, sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
CC: nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net, sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
As I understand it, new ports should not duplicate the
pre-existing package names of pre-existing ports. For
one, pkg is not designed to keep track of such
distinctions where the origin would also have to be
known and considered, not just the package name.
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