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Date:      Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:54:21 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Sergio Lenzi <lenzi@cwbtwo.bsi.com.br>
Cc:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: INGRES 8.9 
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.951202184954.8717A-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951201091538.10956B-100000@cwbtwo>

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On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Sergio Lenzi wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> 
> > >  
> > 
> > Well I ftp'd them & had a v. quick look,
> > 	For it to be considered a `FreeBSD ported package'
> > 	it needs a top Makefile that is 
> > 	bsd make, not gnu make
> > 	(you can have gnus in the work/ subdir)
> > 	/usr/ingre/src is unacceptable,
> > 	it must reside in /usr/ports/databases/ingres

You know, Julian, there is such a thing as a package, it's not a port, 
and it already is built.  I didn't think he claimed he had a port, I 
thought he said it was a package.  The bin part of it surely is, 
anyways.  I think it might be right to urge him to put it in as a 
port, but completely unfair to tell him he did it wrong.  As a package, 
it isn't wrong.

I like ports, you like ports, but there IS that alternative, and I think 
asking him to go that extra step is more friendly than telling him he's 
wrong because he didn't.

> > 
> > 	/usr/ingres is ... well .. debatable
> > 	usr/local & such normally ... oh well.
> > 
> > 	anyway I'm out of time,
> > 	but it doesnt qualify as a FreeBSD package ... yet,
> > 
> > 	Would you like to look at a few of the 400 /usr/ports/*/*/Makefile,
> > 	grab the syntax out of a few, & write a makefile & DESC & pkg/ stuff,
> > 	
> > 	then when you've done that i'll test it & if OK commit it.
> > > 
> 
> Forgive me if I was misundestood,
> 
> This is not suposed to be a "port", just an answer to 
> the people that want a "try" in ingres.
> 
> As I see, the interest is growing, I'll promiss to make a 
> real "PORT", thanks to your assistance. My job in bsi.com.br (an internet 
> provider is taking me almost all of my time).
> May be in 1 week or later a "port" will be in "place".
> I am not trying to do just an ingres database that works,
> it is almost ready, a set of examples on how to work with it
> using the equel language (building a customer system that manages and 
> prints customer information) stored in a ingres database with the
> help of a curses/panel library. 
> 
> 
> Sergio de Almeida Lenzi.
> 
> 

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