From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 13:08:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF40316A41F for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:08:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B4B43D45 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:08:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j7BD86vf015023 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:08:06 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j7BD866P006804; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:08:06 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CE7F1512BA; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:08:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:08:05 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Steve Kargl Message-ID: <20050811130805.GA48042@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <42ECB269.4030206@mail.uni-mainz.de> <20050802172840.GE71672@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050805225309.GA99941@luke.immure.com> <20050810034707.GA49313@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050810061322.GA91774@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050810230238.GA3571@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050810232819.GA1035@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050811005508.GA35453@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050811051125.GA8733@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050811051125.GA8733@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: OpenOffice2.0 64Bit ready? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:08:07 -0000 --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 10:11:25PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 08:55:08PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 04:28:19PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:02:38PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:13:22PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > > To some extent, the Ports Collection has outlived its usefulness. > > > > > It took me 4 hours to fix libgmp4 and add a new port for mpfr > > > > > because the Porter's Handbook is useless. > > > >=20 > > > > Thanks for the constructive criticism! > > >=20 > > > Your welcomed. Now, I'll wait to see how long it=20 > > > takes to commit the change. > >=20 > > *sound of sarcasm going by Steve* > >=20 >=20 > Touche. >=20 > man ports >=20 > BUGS > Ports documentation is split over four places -- > /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, The Porter's Handbook, the ``Packages and > Ports'' chapter of The FreeBSD Handbook, and this manual page. Do you have a specific point? Some of those 4 sources duplicate a lot of information, and also cover different areas. What about this, precisely, makes the Porters' Handbook "useless", in your opinion? > I believe sarcasm looks like >=20 > 2000/06/30 ports/19594 new port: x11/qrash-sdl [...] If you say so. Kris --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC+021Wry0BWjoQKURAgymAJ9t5f+VeVztq8nGJi4HbhjpQq4GzACfeZ2X bcOGE4Qygck8NmKAm3uU304= =2nzz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ikeVEW9yuYc//A+q--