Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:28:00 +0100 From: "Massimiliano Stucchi" <willythemax@yahoo.it> To: "Andrew J Caines" <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>, "Pat Wendorf" <beholder@unios.dhs.org> Cc: "Nuno Teixeira" <nunotex@pt-quorum.com>, <stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Portupgrade Utility Message-ID: <000701c19ba7$c1c01800$0300a8c0@max> References: <3C38AFF2.5020708@unios.dhs.org> <20020106213531.GE19117@gw.tex.bogus> <3C4083F4.9000900@unios.dhs.org> <20020112151622.H40697@hal9000.halplant.com>
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Anyway, if not portupgrade, why not include cvsup in the base system, as I
think we're talking about a really necessary utility ?
Massimiliano Stucchi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew J Caines" <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>
To: "Pat Wendorf" <beholder@unios.dhs.org>
Cc: "Nuno Teixeira" <nunotex@pt-quorum.com>; <stable@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Portupgrade Utility
> Pat,
>
> > Anyone thought of re-coding it in perl? I know little about either
> > language, so I applogize if this sounds stupid.
>
> While the dependencies would be a big issue affecting consideration of
> making a tool part of the base system, in this case we are talking about a
> tool for the ports system only.
>
> It would make little sense to put it in the base system even if it had no
> dependencies.
>
>
> -Andrew-
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