Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 09:57:38 -0800 From: obrien@NUXI.com (David E. O'Brien) To: FreeBSD-Ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: blt2.1 Message-ID: <199611101757.JAA17414@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <26687.847646181@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Nov 10, 1996 09:16:21 -0800 References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961110103315.17739A-100000@fiber.eng.umd.edu> <26687.847646181@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > FWIW, it was always my intention to make the port a "superset" of the > package, so the package user got a canned "this is what we think > you'll like" version and the port user had more flexibility, if such > flexibility was available at all. Argreed this would be a Good Thing. People building the port should be capiable of setting an evn var, or removing a comment in the port's Makefile. > In the second generation, the package should have different "flavors" > to it, which you can examine or select from the adding tool. If you > ask for the developer flavor, it gives you that copy of its insides. Do you have a plan for this now? Will it be Makefile var dependent or a more incompassing method? This sounds neat! -- -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)
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