Opened 12 years ago
Last modified 9 years ago
#36951 new enhancement
Feature Request: Notify me when my local Portfiles shadow upstream Portfiles that have been updated
Reported by: | dave@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
Component: | base | Version: | 2.1.2 |
Keywords: | Cc: | cooljeanius (Eric Gallager), su-v | |
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Description
This would be especially useful after making a local Portfile to work around a problem, and then submitting a bug report.
Change History (6)
comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)
Cc: | egall@… added |
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comment:2 Changed 12 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
What does "shadow" mean? The name of a portfile in your local ports tree is the same as one in the default ports tree?
What does "updated" mean? That the port of this name in the default ports tree has a newer modification date than the one in your local tree? Note that just because we update a port doesn't mean we've included whatever change you have in your local tree.
comment:3 Changed 12 years ago by dave@…
Yes, that's what "shadow" and "updated" mean.
Yes, I know it doesn't mean you've included the change. However, at least I could check, if you warned me. What I don't want to happen is that my port stays out-of-date indefinitely because I don't know that improvements have been happening upstream.
comment:5 Changed 12 years ago by cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)
I'd just like to add that this is especially a problem when dependencies are involved, because using a local portfile vs. using an upstream portfile could result in different dependencies being broken.
comment:6 Changed 9 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
Component: | ports → base |
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