Re: pkg/47418: pkgin cannot identify upstream version

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47418; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: NetBSD bugtracking <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
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Subject: Re: pkg/47418: pkgin cannot identify upstream version
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:57:56 +0100

 On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 03:55:46PM -0800, George Georgalis wrote:
 > I do have a need for the original source url too. For the purpose of
 > downloading original sources and respective licenses in a corporate
 > environment where versions, licenses and the code base is tracked. I
 > appreciate the challenge of mirror site urls, but the issue is not
 > traceability to the url the code is obtained from, so any url should
 > work as long as packages is the same.
 
 I'm not exactly sure what you need.
 I think all you need is already traceable, but will need some effort.
 
 Easy part first:
      pkg_info -Q HOMEPAGE firefox
 will give you the homepage for the installed firefox package.
 
 You can track the pkgsrc versions of used files by looking at
 /var/db/pkg/firefox*/+BUILD_VERSION
 which includes the RCS Ids of the pkgsrc files used; then you
 can visit cvsweb.netbsd.org to look at the corresponding versions
 and extract all the information that's needed.
 
 Not very comfortable, but I think you're the first that requests these
 particular pieces of information :)
  Thomas