Removed ports - looking from the bench

Chris Rees crees at freebsd.org
Sat Sep 10 18:51:29 UTC 2011


On 10 September 2011 19:39, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> On 10 September 2011 18:15, Chad Perrin <code at apotheon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 04:45:02PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I want to make installing dead ports harder for users.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>
>> Someone who wants to install a port that has been deprecated and
>> removed should really have enough skills to check a port out of the
>> Attic at least-- it's one command line. I don't see how much simpler
>> it could get:
>>
>> cvs -d __insert_anoncvs_host_here co -D "day_before_port_was_deleted"
>> ports/category/dead_port
>
> Finding the values for a (working) anoncvs_host and
> "day_before_port_was_deleted" are nontrivial.  portdowngrade still has the
> first, but makes the second easy.  I've never tried it for bringing back a
> removed port, though.

Another committer has also suggested looking on cvsweb and using
'Download as tarball'.

cvsweb can also be used to find the day the port was deleted.

Chris


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