Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 12:20:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Udo Schweigert <udo.schweigert@siemens.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/40834: New port: net/linux-jigdo Message-ID: <200207241920.g6OJK5Ba077384@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/40834; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Udo Schweigert <udo.schweigert@siemens.com> To: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/40834: New port: net/linux-jigdo Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:10:06 +0200 On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:10:03 -0700, Attila Nagy wrote: > I have only three objections regarding this: > 1. jigdo isn't a new method of the Debian project to distribute their > images. It's a third party software (developed by Richard Atterer) > which works for *any* file (can be used most effectively when the given > file isn't compressed, like ISO9660 images, DVD images, large tar > files, etc). OK. But the debian images were the reason I noticed this software. > 2. the sources of jigdo compiles and works out of the box. (not counting > FreeBSD 5-CURRENT, where it needs GCC 2.95, because the program does > not yet compile with GCC 3.1) I have first tried to compile with db3 which failed for some reason I hadn't time enough to investigate in (I only wanted to generate the debian images). > I think running it in linux-emu is waste of resources. linux-... ports are very common in the ports tree. I think the ports-meisters should decide on this, I won't have any problem with either decission. > 3. in the knowledge of the above, I have submitted a port which compiles > on FreeBSD 4-STABLE and FreeBSD 5-CURRENT, and can reconstruct .jigdo > files. > Yes, that really works. Thanks. > The PR is: ports/40954 > Best regards -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 CT IC CERT, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 Muenchen / Germany | email : udo.schweigert@siemens.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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