From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jul 19 06:21:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA14902 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 06:21:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA14897 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 06:21:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@localhost.my.domain) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp6476.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.208.68]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA17918; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 09:18:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA20219; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 05:21:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19980719052136.A20184@zappo> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 05:21:36 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Adrian Penisoara , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/5463: No spell check in pico editor because /usr/bin/spell doesn't exist References: <199807182350.QAA12506@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807182350.QAA12506@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Adrian Penisoara on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 04:50:01PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 04:50:01PM -0700, Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > Please note that as of current state both Pine 3.96 and Pine 4.00 > ports have the Spell feature disabled in Pico and left enabled in Pine > (so that you may use it by specifying an external speller); this > decision was taken because Pico cannot use an external editor and the > default speller specified at the build time with SPELLER doesn't exist. > > I'd be happy to hear your comments ! Seems reasonable to me. :) Perhaps disabling it in Pico is a bad decision (maybe sysadmin has provided a link from /usr/bin/spell to ispell), but I have complete confidence in the port maintainer to make a decision regarding that. :) So long as he leaves it evident in the port Makefile what he is doing (haven't checked). [If it was my comments specifically that you wanted, you should have felt free(er) to Cc: me.] -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message