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Date:      Thu, 4 May 2000 11:57:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
To:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005041152260.60624-100000@yellow.rahul.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000504152042.B19808@mithrandr.moria.org>

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Does the portconf system have the same requirements as your
web URL, i.e., that a graphical display be in use?

Rahul

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:

> On Mon 2000-05-01 (15:30), R Joseph Wright wrote:
> > > Add a section to the Makefile that goes something like this:
> > > 
> > >    ## DEPENDENCIES
> > >    ## This ports depends on xxx, yyy, zzz.
> > >    ## xxx is used for <purpose>.  It's not essential.  Default is off.
> > >    ## To enable xxx, uncomment the next line.
> > >    #<symbol> = <rhs>
> > >    ## yyy is used for <purpose>.  This is quite important and should
> > >    ## be left in.  However, the port will build without it.  Default is on.
> > >    ## To disable yyy, comment out the next line.
> > >    <symbol> = <rhs>
> > >    ## zzz is essential and must not be removed.
> > >    <symbol> = <rhs>
> > >    ## END DEPENDENCIES
> > 
> > Even better, but more difficult to implement, would be a little ncurses
> > dialog box that pops up after the person building the port enters
> > "make".  Some ports already have this, offhand I can name ghostscript and   
> > rsaref.  It makes things easier for the person who doesn't know they can
> > alter the makefiles or doesn't feel comfortable doing so.
> 
> portconf.  http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nbm/portconf/
> 
> Neil
> -- 
> Neil Blakey-Milner
> Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems
> nbm@mithrandr.moria.org
> 



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