Re: [MacPorts] #15395: Use primary port category for fetched distfile layout

[William Siegrist]

Could I get a review of this patch from someone with some base experience to make sure this wont break anything. I believe it'll be seamless for end users and is the simplest change to make the mirror layout the way I want it to.

Thanks

-Bill


On May 21, 2008, at 10:46 PM, MacPorts wrote:

#15395: Use primary port category for fetched distfile layout

Reporter:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]     |       Owner:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
Priority:  Normal                  |   Milestone:
Component:  base                    |     Version:
Keywords:  fetch mirror distfiles  |

single directory level.


an additional directory. The main reason for this is the layout on
distfiles.macports.org.  We need the 2 layers of directories to make
browsing more managable.

The change will be mostly invisible to users as far as their local

Portfiles in the svn and rsync repositories.


categories value and set distpath accordingly during fetch_init. This

if they pre-fetch something, upgrade to the patched code, then try to
install. The distfile would be in the wrong place and re-fetched. This
case seems rare and a minor inconvenience at that.

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------------------------------------ +--------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ +--------------------------------------- The distfile directory ($prefix/var/macports/distfiles/) currently uses 1 level of directory based on port name. This means mirroring also uses the I propose to use the primary category to layout mirrors and distfiles with installations are concerned. This will make distfiles match the layout of The simplest fix, and the one I provide a patch for here, is to read the affects all fetching and mirroring. The only impact I see to end users is

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