David Southwell wrote:
The following portsupgrade reports for bsdpan lead me to ask a few trivial
questions and suggestions (see below)
1. why are some packages listed in the format:
- isc/p5-Array-Compare (bsdpan-Array-Compare-1.15)
rather than:
- (bsdpan-libwww-perl-5.813)
Ports tree contains the port for the given package and knows its correct
name.
Is this indicative of an inconsistency in my system administration or
inconsistencies between package make files?
Maybe.
2. There is another question on similar lines because some packages helpfully
show the hierarchy in the ports tree etc:
devel/***
rather than simply
***
Why 'devel/'? There's no confidence that thees packages have their
corresponding ports.
Please note that bsdpan-* is not a port name or part of it. It's the
name of installed package.
3. In regard to bsdpan apropos generates:
# apropos bsdpan
bsdpan: nothing appropriate
#
True. Perl packages installed directly from bsdpan or from tarballs
automatically do create corresponding package entry in '/var/db/pkg'.
How kind of them, really.
4. A search on freebsd website under bsdpan brings reference to the inclusion
of bsdpan in the ports distribution but not to any documentation on its use.
I'm not a perl junkie. Try hitting CPAN instead.
5. # locate bsdpan brings a list of bsdpan packages in /var/db/pkg but no
other files documentation etc.
True. See 3.
7 If something does exist could it be incorporated into the ports tree e.g
ports/BSDPAN_README for holding general guidelines about using the BSDPAN and
covering such issues as advice about holding packages etc.
Not by me, really. Try to invetigate this and write it down then propose
it for inclusion.
9. Would not a current index of BSDPAN ports e.g ports/BSDPAN_INDEX including
a short description also be useful?
Reply hazy. Ports ain't really the correct place for this staff. Try
hitting CPAN.
PS: Personally I don't accept the possibility of installation of
unhandled / unmaintained software (e.g. not found in ports) on any
hardware supervised by me. Any piece of junk which need to be installed
and maintained should have a corresponding person, responsible for it
"freshness" and usability.
--
Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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