From owner-freebsd-ports Sat May 19 21:11:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from hub.lovett.com (hub.lovett.com [216.60.121.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A2237B422 for ; Sat, 19 May 2001 21:11:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ade@lovett.com) Received: from ade by hub.lovett.com with local (Exim 3.22 #1) id 151KYk-0007Dv-00; Sat, 19 May 2001 23:11:14 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 23:11:14 -0500 From: Ade Lovett To: Will Andrews , "David W. Chapman Jr." , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/24855: New port of FSF GMP library Message-ID: <20010519231114.I24602@FreeBSD.org> References: <200105200212.f4K2C2702012@freefall.freebsd.org> <200105200316.f4K3GwV70075@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20010519221407.V1198@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> <07e501c0e0db$dfea2e60$931576d8@inethouston.net> <20010519224338.H24602@FreeBSD.org> <20010519224358.X1198@casimir.physics.purdue.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010519224358.X1198@casimir.physics.purdue.edu>; from will@physics.purdue.edu on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:43:58PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:43:58PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: > The only solution that seems to be sensible would be to put most of the > base system in packages, a suggestion that JKH himself has brought up. Of course, it would be interesting to see if a "base system" could be built up (albeit sourced under /usr/local, say) purely from ports (starting with userland programs first)... -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message