From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 06:38:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFF54DDC for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x232.google.com (mail-la0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50B62C7A for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f50.google.com with SMTP id pn19so22822409lab.9 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:38:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KwSJh0viTIrsQZ3VLRx8lsLWBStOLDTvrtwdnIHDY0o=; b=HJBXw+SRTpbQifCaFFd510dIYeBlEHu/Fu2xk2/mSHhZccIl9DQsbCm98h3YYdyz7I NdZSWa80GjEBQdkeXuQdQGSwuLy0LjY8uSRiXT7hcpeORkDGD98WllZqU66vxdU4owHv a3mirOHWQt0/Dpm7H/HAic9+7D4Vw7BjCC9M6jDBiyfE8ln11aANmh6ydLKiJauqY+jK 5QLFWvdY6t1Usw+dgiVK9WMhGjwqkau5BTVb5lcpQvT0gIZ0ceDZem/7v/F0xX7neVu8 mRIJHUihYJm6catOgou0dkRAJ/NLZv49AJy408zdiKXxZRd2gcWn0GSLdFkQcE43jSux uUqw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.12.65 with SMTP id w1mr34611755lbb.68.1421044730724; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:38:50 -0800 (PST) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.141.5 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:38:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.141.5 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:38:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150112040129.GA16097@lonesome.com> References: <20150111235449.A14AEF52@hub.freebsd.org> <20150112040129.GA16097@lonesome.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:38:50 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jlC0k9bSm2MUdttSzZDKyf1ELVk Message-ID: Subject: Re: BIND REPLACE_BASE option From: Craig Rodrigues To: Mark Linimon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:38:53 -0000 On Jan 11, 2015 8:01 PM, "Mark Linimon" wrote: > > AFAIK the companies that > embed FreeBSD into their products are primarily interested in the kernel, > the networking stack, the file systems, and so on. I do not know of any > such company that even _uses_ FreeBSD ports. > Wrong. I've worked at 3 companies over the years that make direct use of the ports tree when creating an embedded product based on FreeBSD. In 2015, it is my experience that the stuff in /usr/src is only the bare minimum to get going for a product. ports are extremely important for a modern embedded product based on FreeBSD. -- Craig