Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 01:50:43 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/5894: tkirc wish dependency fix Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980302014645.3482F-100000@james.hwcn.org> In-Reply-To: <199803020200.SAA16515@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Personally I think this should be done when you install tk.. > Same with linking /usr/local/include/tcl*.* to > /usr/local/include/tcl, and libtcl* to libtcl.. This makes > getting no FreeBSD'ified stuff running much easier.. This way > you can try the latest version (which is what the links would > be to), and if it fails, try an older version you have > installed.. It has been done this way in the past, and it causes many (many) more problems than it is worth. The idea then was to provide a "default" tcl/tk installation. The unfortunate fact, however, is that it makes any testing of ports using tcl/tk by porters & committers many many times more difficult to do right. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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