git: 14e00e7143da - main - databases/tcl-sqlite3: Deprecate port

[Pietro Cerutti]

On Jun 15 2021, 11:18 UTC, Michael Gmelin <grembo at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:11:38 +0000
>Pietro Cerutti <gahr at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> how is one supposed to install both the sqlite3 extension of Tcl (now
>> provided by the sqlite3-tcl flavour) and any ports depending on
>> sqlite3 e.g., security/gnupg?
>>
>> Trying to install sqlite3-tcl forces a deinstall of sqlite3 and
>> dependents including gnupg, trying to reinstall gnupg forces a
>> deinstall of sqlite3-tcl and a reinstall of plain sqlite3.
>>
>
>This is the same problem we have with the git port and its flavors - as
>long as we don't support subpackages, using flavors this way is
>problematic. One workaround is to emulate subpackages by creating
>separate ports that use MASTERDIR (something similar to
>https://reviews.freebsd.org/D30238).

So, basically, this is a use case for slave ports, not for flavors. I 
think the change to flavorize sqlite3 should be reverted then.

Thanks Michael!

>
>Best
>Michael
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Jun 07 2021, 02:40 UTC, Koichiro Iwao <meta at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> >The branch main has been updated by meta:
>> >
>> >URL:
>> >https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=14e00e7143dab7e770dcbfc1366d58eb4b61aaef
>> >
>> >commit 14e00e7143dab7e770dcbfc1366d58eb4b61aaef
>> >Author:     Koichiro Iwao <meta at FreeBSD.org>
>> >AuthorDate: 2021-06-07 02:39:23 +0000
>> >Commit:     Koichiro Iwao <meta at FreeBSD.org>
>> >CommitDate: 2021-06-07 02:39:23 +0000
>> >
>> >    databases/tcl-sqlite3: Deprecate port
>> >
>> >    Replaced with databases/sqlite3 tcl flavor.
>> >
>> >    PR:             255839
>> >    Reported by:    Pavel Volkov <pavelivolkov at gmail.com>
>> > (maintainer)
>> >---
>> > databases/tcl-sqlite3/Makefile | 3 +++
>> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>> >
>> >diff --git a/databases/tcl-sqlite3/Makefile
>> >b/databases/tcl-sqlite3/Makefile index 0d1cc8ef0227..83eb4ef1321a
>> >100644 --- a/databases/tcl-sqlite3/Makefile
>> >+++ b/databases/tcl-sqlite3/Makefile
>> >@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ COMMENT=	SQLite extension for Tcl using the
>> >Tcl Extension Architecture (TEA)
>> >
>> > LICENSE=	PD
>> >
>> >+DEPRECATED=	Replaced with database/sqlite3 tcl flavor
>> >+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2021-06-30
>> >+
>> > LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
>> >
>> > USES=		pkgconfig tcl:tea
>>
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>-- 
>Michael Gmelin

-- 
Pietro Cerutti