From owner-freebsd-ports Sat May 6 11: 2:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from ms.tokyo.jcom.ne.jp (ms.tokyo.jcom.ne.jp [210.234.123.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA5737BC55; Sat, 6 May 2000 11:02:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from knu@idaemons.org) Received: from daemon.local.idaemons.org (203-165-77-40.sugnm1.kt.home.ne.jp [203.165.77.40]) by ms.tokyo.jcom.ne.jp (8.9.3/3.7W 04/27/00) with ESMTP id DAA24354; Sun, 7 May 2000 03:01:15 +0900 (JST) Received: by daemon.local.idaemons.org (8.9.3/3.7W) id DAA06216; Sun, 7 May 2000 03:00:44 +0900 (JST) Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 03:00:42 +0900 Message-ID: <86em7fpnhx.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> From: "Akinori -Aki- MUSHA" To: sada@bsdclub.org Cc: tom@eborcom.com, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, girgen@partitur.se, cjh@kr.freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Introducing a netscape wrapper In-Reply-To: In your message of "Sat, 06 May 2000 06:46:25 +0900" <20000506064625L.sada@bsdclub.org> References: <86snvxm5vt.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> <20000506064625L.sada@bsdclub.org> User-Agent: Wanderlust/1.1.1 (Purple Rain) EMIKO/1.13.12 (Euglena sociabilis) FLIM/1.13.2 (Kasanui) APEL/10.2 MULE XEmacs/21.1 (patch 9) (Canyonlands) (i386--freebsd) Organization: Associated I. Daemons X-PGP-Public-Key: finger knu@FreeBSD.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1BEF D9B2 BABD 25D7 659A FD08 89C2 F3BE E981 4E16 MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by EMIKO 1.13.12 - "Euglena sociabilis") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Seems this mail that I sent this morning wasn't distributed to the ports list probably due to the maintenance of the machines at FreeBSD.org, so I'm having a second try... I apologize to those recipients who would receive this message again] At Sat, 06 May 2000 06:46:25 +0900, SADA Kenji wrote: > # cd /usr/ports > # grep 'do-install' */*netscape*/Makefile > japanese/netscape-fonts/Makefile:do-install: > japanese/netscape3.language/Makefile:do-install: > japanese/netscape4-communicator/Makefile:do-install: > korean/netscape3/Makefile:do-install: > korean/netscape4-communicator/Makefile:do-install: > russian/netscape3.language/Makefile:do-install: > www/linux-netscape4/Makefile:do-install: > www/linux-netscape6/Makefile:do-install: > www/netscape4-communicator.us/Makefile:do-install: > www/netscape4-communicator/Makefile:do-install: > > Hm, many ports have own do-install target, but not every port. Don't you think ten is enough? :) > I argue again, if you'd like to use the new wrapper with > l-n6 or mozilla port, I'll agree with importing it > as new independent port. The wrapper doesn't work with mozilla derivatives because they don't seem to provide remote protocol support currently. > Otherwise I recommend to install the wrapper in n4-c port's Makefile. > > Each language specific port should do, for example, as: > > 1. move original wrapper *.run to *.run.orig. > 2. install own wrapper as *.run. > 3. At deinstall time, move *.run.orig to *.run. > > By the way, with www/l-n4, > I've made a patch and removed its do-install target. > # And now the port would be installed on PREFIX/lib/netscape-linux. > Tom, I'll be glad if you check it and give me approval to check-in. > > I believe I could make a patch for n4-c.u if needed. Wooo. I thought you must've been the first to object to me if I had proposed and urged such changes. That is why I emphasized the phrase "minimum changes" and took more conservative way. :> :> Anyway, I'm okay when you are. > >> In addition, if you were to put the wrapper script in > >> www/netscape4-communicator/files, then each (indirect) slave port > >> would have to have advanced knowledge of the exact place of the script > >> other than its master directory. That wouldn't be nice, IMHO. > > Just specify as "${MASTERDIR}/files/". Hmm, sure it works... I learned MASTERDIR does not chain. Another broken part of the current ports system, probably. ;) > What is "IMHO" :) It stands for "in my humble opinion". Grab the Jargon Dictionary! http://www.netmeg.net/jargon/terms/i/IMHO.html I'll look into your patch tonight, thanks. [And I'm testing it now. :) ] -- / /__ __ / ) ) ) ) / Akinori -Aki- MUSHA aka / (_ / ( (__( @ idaemons.org / FreeBSD.org "We're only at home when we're on the run, on the wing, on the fly" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message