On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:48:31 -0500 Jason Bacon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do we have a way to change PORTNAME without breaking pkg-upgrade? > > Pkgssrc has the SUPERSEDES variable: > > https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/submit.html#renaming-package > > I'm not seeing anything equivalent in the FreeBSD ports docs, though. > > So, if a PORTNAME doesn't follow all the rules (e.g. regarding > upper/lower case), I'm thinking it's better to leave it alone rather > than bring it up to code and cause pkg-upgrade to fail for everyone > who has the port installed. > That shall be helpful: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#moved-and-updating-moved -- Piotr Smyrak
