[HEADS UP] bsd-sharp-2.0 branched, PR sent
Romain Tartière
Phillip did not write an announce so let's do a bit of communication
about BSD# status.
BIG NEWS! A problem report has been sent (ports/129724) [1] requesting
the update of the FreeBSD ports tree with the BSD#'s version of mono!
The commit will however not happen before FreeBSD 7.1 is out because
not sweeping changes are possible on ports until then [2,3].
For the moment, we only update existing ports. New ports will be
committed later, part of another problem report.
Anyway, the code lives in the BSD# repository for those who can't wait
;-).
Another important milestone: the source code has been branched. That
means that while we will continue to update the FreeBSD ports related to
Mono with mono-2.0 (the version that is about to reach the FreeBSD ports
tree), we are going to start playing with mono-2.2 preview releases.
We hope we will so be able to track mono release cycle and always
provide a recent Mono on FreeBSD.
Because of the branching, if you continue to track BSD#'s repository,
you now have to choose:
- you want to stay with a stable version of Mono (2.0) and track what
is going to be in the FreeBSD ports tree quite soon:
Track the ``bsd-sharp-2.0'' branch!
; or
- you want the bleeding-edge. The version of mono that is not going
to be in the FreeBSD ports tree soon (for the moment, mono-2.2),
bugs etc.
Track the ``trunk''!
Tracking the bsd-sharp-2.0 branch
=================================
Download and install portshaker>=0.0.7 (see bellow)
Edit /usr/local/etc/portshaker.conf, and as explained in comment,
replace ``bsd_sharp'' with ``bsd_sharp_releng_2_0'' at the end of the
line starting with ``main_merge_from''.
Tracking the trunk
==================
The default configuration provided in the example directory tracks the
trunk, so just install examples.
Installing portshaker
=====================
Download the tarball from Google-code [4] or checkout the code from the
code repository [5]. Installation is quite straightforward (just specify
DESTDIR):
$ tar zxf portshaker-0.0.7.tar.gz
$ cd portshaker-0.0.7
$ make DESTDIR="/usr/local"
$ sudo make DESTDIR="/usr/local" install
The tarball include a sample configuration for merging the BSD# ports
into the FreeBSD ports tree. To install it, just type-in:
$ cd examples
$ sudo make DESTDIR="/usr/local" install
Kind regards,
Romain
References:
1. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/129724
2. http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html#freeze
3. http://www.freebsd.org/portmgr/implementation.html#sweeping_changes
4. http://bsd-sharp.googlecode.com/files/portshaker-0.0.7.tar.gz
5. http://bsd-sharp.googlecode.com/svn/branches/portshaker/
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Phillip N.
> Hi
>
> Phillip did not write an announce so let's do a bit of communication
> about BSD# status.
>
Thanks for all Romain!
Paul Hoffman
--Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman
Soooo, what's the status of this? I just checked in everything, and /usr/ports/lang/mono is at 1.2, and there is no mono2 yet.
--Paul Hoffman
Phillip N.
> Soooo, what's the status of this? I just checked in everything,
> and /usr/ports/lang/mono is at 1.2, and there is no mono2 yet.
>
We will have to talk with wxs@ i guess.
PD: did you check my last mail about the eventually merge we could make
to solve the test that wasnot passing?
Thanks!