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Date:      Sat, 25 Jul 1998 15:35:35 +1000 (EST)
From:      Peter Hawkins <peter@clari.net.au>
To:        Justus Calvin <gandalf79@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: free bsd improvemnt
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980725152714.26047F-100000@dana.clari.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <19980725040031.14978.qmail@hotmail.com>

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>so far in my experiance with the os i have only come up with one fix
>i would like to see(other than its cryptic nature) and that is when
>installing the ports if u install too for your hard disk it will fill
>up and continue with the install without stoping and continiues to give 
>error messages. all i want is for it to stop. is that to much to
>ask? :-)

Hmmm this is an interesting thought. How about an optional extension in
the /usr/ports/*/*/pkg area to record resources required for normal operation
and for building? The bsd.ports.mk could then produce a warning and a request
for confirmation before proceeding? It should be an optional inclusion
as there may be situations where the computation is hard to predict.
It wouldn't be a simple single number as the resource requirement would
depend on the number of dependancies which have to be built and on the
number of distfiles needed.

Sure, one could just say "check your HDD before doing any port build" but
it's not unusual for someone to do a large number of builds overnight.

I would be happy to do the implementation if people feel this is not
clutter.

Comments?

Peter

Hilink Internet            Peter Hawkins
381 Swan St Richmond,      
Vic, Australia             Ph: +61-3-9421 2006 Fax: +61-3-9421 2007
http://www.hilink.com.au   Peter@hilink.com.au

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