Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:24:08 +0200 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/cdrtools Makefile pkg-descr pkg-descr.mkisofs pkg-plist pkg-plist.mkisofspatch-cdda2wav::interface.c Message-ID: <20040602212408.C1600@newtrinity.zeist.de> In-Reply-To: <20040602180410.GR18775@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>; from stijn@win.tue.nl on Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:04:10PM %2B0200 References: <200406021716.i52HG4dF012607@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040602180410.GR18775@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:04:10PM +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:16:04AM -0700, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > netchild 2004/06/02 10:16:04 PDT > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > sysutils/cdrtools Makefile pkg-descr pkg-plist > > sysutils/cdrtools/files patch-README.rscsi > > patch-cdda2wav::interface.c > > Removed files: > > sysutils/cdrtools pkg-descr.mkisofs pkg-plist.mkisofs > > Log: > > > - Stop the artificial separation of mkisofs from cdrtools and merge > > sysutils/mkisofs into sysutils/cdrtools which brings us in line > > with other distributions. The separation of mkisofs caused quite > > some confusion among users as well as committers about why its > > PORTVERSION was different from the cdrtools port, how to install > > it, etc. > > The reason this got split was that you don't need cdrtools to burn CD's > (see burncd(8)), but you do need a tool to make an ISO fs. > Well, this is only true for ATAPI burners on ata(4). Do you remember a discussion regarding the split? I didn't find a thread about it and doubt that burncd(8) was the real reason. The log of the commit that turned sysutils/mkisofs into a slave-port also doesn't tell about why it was done that way.
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