Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 03:22:39 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Ports Options Paper Message-ID: <20000909032238.A65391@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009081802480.78526-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 06:06:59PM -0700 References: <200009082243.e88Mh9V05579@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009081802480.78526-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri 2000-09-08 (18:06), Kris Kennaway wrote: > > This is not a good idea. We've tried it before, and it was a > > disaster. The current MASTERDIR has come out of the smoldering ashes > > of failed attempts to create a framework to build multiple packages > > from the same directory. > > > > "One package per port" is the First Principle of the Ports Collection > > for a good reason. :) > > You might not be aware that OpenBSD seem to have done this with their > FLAVORS system. My portconf system had 'classes' much like OpenBSD has 'FLAVORS'. I seem to remember sending or putting on my web page working code to do this in our framework (using ppml/pdlg in batch/package mode to generate the necessary Makefiles). Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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