Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:46:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Supporting pkg-plist.gz ? Message-ID: <20010601103008.A4448-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <20010601122750.A15514@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl>
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> Wouldn't it be a good idea to modify the ports system to support a gzipped > pkg-plist file, and perhaps others too? I'm working on a port for the JDK 1.2 > documentation, and the pkg-plist file is 300 K !!! Even if ppl would not > install this port, the 300 K would still be used. > > We could decrease the space needed for the ports collection dramatically, > without sacrificing any i-nodes. Hi, Ernst. By doing some extra work, you can generate the packing list in a pre-install target. Many of the ports I maintain (see http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/trevor@freebsd.org.html ) work this way. The www/linux-netscape6 port is a good example of one where space was saved: the pkg-plist was 101446 bytes, and I've replaced it with 12 lines in the makefile. -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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