From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 02:01:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 773F116A47A for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 02:01:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail4out.barnet.com.au (mail4.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D97E213C45E for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 02:01:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail4out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3133537D751; Mon, 28 May 2007 12:01:44 +1000 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <465A38080000A9C4CE97B0@BarNet> Received: from mail4auth.barnet.com.au (mail4.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail4.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0974220C8; Mon, 28 May 2007 12:01:43 +1000 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail4auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0C6D37D402; Mon, 28 May 2007 12:01:43 +1000 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8536F423; Mon, 28 May 2007 12:01:43 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 12:01:43 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070528020143.GB1361@k7.mavetju> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20070527221528.GA19603@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <20070528014456.GA24097@soaustin.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070528014456.GA24097@soaustin.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Subject: Re: Looking for speed increases in "make index" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 02:01:46 -0000 On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:44:56PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > In summary, the ports infrastructure is really complicated because it's > trying to deal with all kinds of constraints and conditions. I challenge Reading this, I was wondering what the ports infrastructure has ever done for us? See http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/whattheromans.html Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/