On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 09:35:30AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 21/07/2010 23:05, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:21:11PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >>> And is this ok to have two ports with the same name. > >> > >> No, it's bad and should be avoided. I'm pretty sure some > >> portupgrade tool will break. > > > > No, they actually handle it ok. It _is_ confusing to the users, however > > (and, if you go through a raw list of package binaries, You Just Have To > > Know which one's which.) > > Doesn't this cause problems for the CVS MODULES stuff? I thought that > was one of the biggest reasons for why port names should be unique. >
It does, but it's easy enough to work around by fabricating a unique name where there would be a conflict (e.g. www_hydra, security_hydra). -- Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
