[31868] trunk/dports/science/molden/Portfile

[Jochen Küpper]

On 10.12.2007, at 18:33, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

Hi Ryan,

thanks for your suggestions.

> Anyone who already had molden @4.6_1 installed with the old  
> distfile will get a message that the checksums don't match when  
> trying to upgrade. Since the distfile name didn't change (right?),  
> it'll keep using the old distfile which has the older checksum.

Your assessment is correct.

> You should chastise the developers for releasing a stealth-upgrade.

I guess that is not possible...

> Then you should work around the problem in the portfile by defining  
> a different download directory, like this, for example:
>
> dist_subdir ${distname}/${version}_${revision}

Ok, done.
Thank you for the suggestion and clarification.

> If the developers frequently release stealth upgrades like this,  
> this could be left in the portfile. If not, it could be removed  
> when the next distfile with a new filename is released.

Okay, I leave it in;(

How does one clean the old distfiles left around from previous  
revisions?

Would it be possible to run a
   port clean --all molden
from within the Portfile instead of the dist_subdir trick?

Greetings,
Jochen
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