Last flavorless revision?

Steve Kargl sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Mon Dec 4 17:33:58 UTC 2017


On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 11:49:30AM +0000, Alan Hicks wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/12/2017 17:28, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 02:06:32PM +0100, Christian Ullrich wrote:
> >> * Steve Kargl wrote:
> >>
> > 
> > Given that I asked about a specific revision number, it stands
> > to reason that I had already spent too much time wandering around
> > svnweb.freebsd.org.  An entry needs to be added to ports/UPDATING
> > to state which revision turns on flavors and by extension neuters
> > all port management tools except poudriere.  Four months from now
> > when users update a system finding that information by crawling
> > through svnweb.freebsd.org will be a challenge.
> > 
> 
> Your friend is subversion log search
> svn log --search FLAVORS svn://svn.FreeBSD.org
> 
> r455205 | mat | 2017-11-30 15:33:29 +0000 (Thu, 30 Nov 2017) | 13 lines
> 
> Generic FLAVORS work.

This does not document the change in ports/UPDATING.  FreeBSD
users have been told to check {src/ports}/UPDATING for 20+
years.  A change that fundamentally changes the way users 
interact with ports/ should document.

-- 
Steve


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