ports directories are broken again?

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:30:14PM -0800, Joe Rhett wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:22:00PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > It provides a link to where the package would be if it exists.  The
> > web frontend has no knowledge of which packages are available at any
> > given point in time because this set fluctuates on a daily basis, so
> > the frontend is always going to have windows where it's out of date
> > with respect to what's on the ftp site.
>  
> I'm sorry, but clue me in here.  You are saying that the online database of
> ports has no idea what is in the ports tree?

No, it can't tell when a package failed to compile (or is otherwise
missing from the ftp site) for an unexpected reason.

It looks like the link I pointed you to does filter out 'expected'
failures (of which frontpage is one), but the link you pointed me to
does not.  This is probably a simple omission in the affected scripts,
so you should submit a PR pointing to both URLs and noting the
difference.

Thanks,
Kris
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