Re: why are db5 and pcre being installed as dependencies in pkgs from -current pkg.f.o

On 5/29/26 06:24, void wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As title. Both of these packages are depreciated. If installed and
> pkg audit -Fr is run, they'll both generate errors.
> For db5 it'll suggest db18. For pcre it'll suggest pcre2.
> 
> Why, on the pkg cluster, are packages still being built against them?
> This is for url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"

) The package cluster always lags almost every the commit.

) The package build machines synchronize their ports trees
  in ways that use the same tree on multiple builders, despite
  notable differences in build times on various machines.

) Thus a package bulk build normally starts with a somewhat old
  ports tree and by the time it is done building, that ports
  tree is even older.

) This is a bigger issue for "latest" than for "quarterly"
  because "latest" builds far more per bulk run generally and
  such takes longer on any specific builder.

) There is also the time to get the updates to the distribution
  servers around the world after the build. Sometimes that is
  another notable delay.

Note: the above are general comments that suggest the result may not be
surprising. I did not analyze the specifics for the timing related to
db5 and pcre .

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Mark Millard
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