From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Nov 9 07:14:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA14388 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 07:14:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA14379; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 07:14:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA209824404; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:13:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:13:24 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Satoshi Asami Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk updates and such In-Reply-To: <199811062310.PAA10066@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Satoshi Asami wrote: > Seriously, this is just a case of user misconception. Just doing > "make install" in src/share/mk is not enough. Ports-current is NOT > guaranteed to work with the most recent release. What we need to fix > is the documentation. I would perhaps at least eliminate some of the frequent 'port XXX won't compile and it complains about objformat...' Though trying to eliminate the other problems (install-info, ldconfig) would be something to look into, but other then testing for the release the user is using, I can't think of anything of the top of my head. Also, on the subject of documentation, I have been working on that Makefile variable/macro documentation (Hi Tim!), and hopefuly will have that finished in a couple weeks. - bill fumerola [root/billf]@chc-chimes.com - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800)252.2421 x128 / bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - BF1560 - "Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities" -Lord Dunsany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message