Re: problem with git-pull

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:10:58 +0200
Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Martin Neubauer <fbsd@herrneubauer.de> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2023, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> >
> >> El día miércoles, septiembre 13, 2023 a las 12:55:20 +0200, Kurt Jaeger escribió:
> >>
> >>> Hi!
> >>>
> >>>> In short: Is there no way with git to pull only one special port
> >>>> for a recompilation?
> >>>
> >>> For things like that I always have a git ports tree besides the
> >>> poudriere ports tree. If I need one little recompile, I
> >>> update the non-poudriere tree, take the one change from that tree
> >>> that I need, put it into the poudriere and re-run poudriere...
> >>>
> >>> There might be easier ways to achieve the same, but this works.
> >>
> >> I updated, first, the ports tree below /usr/ports while poudriere
> >> was using /usr/local/poudriere/ports/ports20230806 (as defined when
> >> creating the port within poudriere). I was faulty thinking that both
> >> are physically the same place and /usr/local/poudriere/ports/ports20230806
> >> only a mount point of /usr/ports.
> >>
> >> The fist 'git pull' did nothimng within poudriere, the other recompiled
> >> some ports which I did not wanted. I should have done a temp.
> >> copy of /usr/ports/security/wpa_supplicant to
> >> /usr/local/poudriere/ports/ports20230806/security/wpa_supplicant
> > You might want to have a look at the -C switch (and maybe -S) to
> > poudriere as well. It's not without pitfalls, but might be a viable
> > option for the particular situation you described.
> 
> -S switch is kinda broken per https://github.com/freebsd/poudriere/issues/806
> See also https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports/2023-January/003292.html

And -S tracks dependencies isufficiently (maybe direct dependencies
only), causing build order reversal, thus causing failed build which can
usually done on next run.

-- 
Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>