On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 01:17:46PM -0500, Webster, Andrew wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kris Kennaway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:19 > > To: Webster, Andrew > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: pkg_fetch fetches from wrong place??? > > > > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 09:46:20AM -0500, Webster, Andrew wrote: > > > I'm trying to figure out how pkg_fetch decides where to get packages > > > from. > > > > Check the source code :-) > > I'm no ruby expert, but the logic looks pretty dubious to me. > The decision to choose the latest is based on whether or not there is a > dash (-) in the filename. (Line 169 of pkg_fetch). > As a result, > Postgresql74-server sets latest to false. > Postgresql74 sets latest to true, however there is no such thing as > postgresql74 in packages, it is either -client or -server, etc. > I think the author was intending to use the - to indicate the beginning > of a version number, but that logic is somewhat flawed given the package > naming conventions.
Fair enough; please report the bug to the author :) Kris
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