pkg_fetch fetches from wrong place???

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 01:17:46PM -0500, Webster, Andrew wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:kris at obsecurity.org]
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:19
> > To: Webster, Andrew
> > Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: pkg_fetch fetches from wrong place???
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 09:46:20AM -0500, Webster, Andrew wrote:
> > > I'm trying to figure out how pkg_fetch decides where to get packages
> > > from.
> > 
> > Check the source code :-)
> 
> I'm no ruby expert, but the logic looks pretty dubious to me.
> The decision to choose the latest is based on whether or not there is a
> dash (-) in the filename.  (Line 169 of pkg_fetch).
> As a result,
> Postgresql74-server sets latest to false.  
> Postgresql74 sets latest to true, however there is no such thing as
> postgresql74 in packages, it is either -client or -server, etc.
> I think the author was intending to use the - to indicate the beginning
> of a version number, but that logic is somewhat flawed given the package
> naming conventions.

Fair enough; please report the bug to the author :)

Kris
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