> The name of the directory where it resides doesn't matter. It's not a
As long as that directory is not /var/db/pkg, where I put my package information, I agree that it doesn't matter either. :-) > The same situation arises whether the version info is in /var/db/pkg > or /some/other/place. It has been pointed out many times in the past > that we need something to ensure bsd.port.mk can synchronize itself > with the rest of the system (simply because there are too many people > who cvsup one without the other). I'm not sure that this is a solution so much as a band-aid, however. > The question is, can I ask you to make sysinstall write some kind of > version info that can be used by bsd.port.mk to identify the age of > the system? I could record the version number of the system as it was when sysinstall installed it (3.1-RELEASE, X.X-YYYYMMDD-CURRENT, etc) but that's about it. > The problem is real, we've been bitten too many times in the past > (haven't you seen all the "where's fetch -A?" and other more subtle > breakages that are caused by ports and system mismatch), and I can Well, the fetch -A thing was another imprudent leap off the wire without a net, I'm not sure I'd use it to aid my arguments if I were you. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
