Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 08:17:03 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Jeremy Norris <ishmael27@home.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4 Port Message-ID: <20001223081703.B10445@citusc.usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <xzp4s00zofy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:37:53AM %2B0100 References: <20001217004251.A47353@external.org> <xzppuiqyoib.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20001218134601.A5634@FreeBSD.org> <xzp8zpczrs5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20001219040318.B7935@babylon.merseine.nu> <xzp4s00zofy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:37:53AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Jeremy Norris <ishmael27@home.com> writes:
> > What about doing the following in each of the XFree86-4-subports:
> > MASTERDIR=3D${PORTSDIR}/x11/XFree86-4
> > WRKDIR=3D${MASTERDIR}/work
> > Then make XFree86-4 like other meta-ports, except have it fetch the
> > distfiles.
> >=20
> > Thus all the XFree86-4-subports could share the same working directory,=
no?
>=20
> No, because the ports system keeps metadata in WRKDIR. You might be
> able to get away with WRKSRC=3D${MASTERDIR}/work/xc though. But it'd be
> very tricky to get all the targets (especially the fetch, extract and
> patch targets) for each port right.
The cookie files can also be overridden, I do believe; they could have
names derived from the port. Regardless, these problems can be
overcome somehow, and this is the correct route to go down, IMO.
Kris
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