From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 3 12:07:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01338 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp1609.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.249.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01314; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:07:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA02746; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:52:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19980903145239.C311@zappo> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:52:39 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Satoshi Asami Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@NUXI.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/afterstep/pkg PLIST (more bsd.port.mk mods) References: <19980831002849.A5522@zappo> <199808310714.AAA08628@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808310714.AAA08628@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 12:14:24AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [-ports -=> -chat] On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 12:14:24AM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote: > >>> user uses "pkg_add -p"? >> Well, I have very little sympathy for a user who is trying to do this. >> It's simply not supported for binary packages... > > It is. Otherwise, we might as well remove the -p option from pkg_add. In my (perhaps narrow) mind, pkg_tools != ports system. -p might be useful for the Desktop Contest judges, though. :) Besides, it's a ports __system__. Therefore, if individual ports don't support it, the system is broken and doesn't support it! ;-) > * Just for the record, ls(1) prints arrows from target -> source. > * Doesn't that strike anyone else as being totally backwards? > > But if "A is a symbolic link *to* B", would you write "A -> B" or "B -> > A"? :> B's data comes _out of_ A, hence I would write "B -> A". :-) -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message