From owner-cvs-ports Sun Jul 6 23:28:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA27745 for cvs-ports-outgoing; Sun, 6 Jul 1997 23:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA27719; Sun, 6 Jul 1997 23:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA29365; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:57:06 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707070627.PAA29365@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/tk41 Makefile ports/x11/tk41/files Makefile.lib md5 ports/x11/tk41/patches patch-ab patch-ac patch In-Reply-To: <199707070608.XAA07638@precipice.shockwave.com> from Paul Traina at "Jul 6, 97 11:08:02 pm" To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:57:05 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Paul Traina stands accused of saying: > > Is there intelligence in this somewhere that will detect that the system > is one with tcl7.5 as part of the base and not insist on the tcl7.5 > port being installed? > > Nope, but that's a good idea for someone to implement. I'd say it was a mandatory prerequisite before pulling this sort of stunt. > I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to achieve here; could you > perhaps expand on your motives? > > Restoring tcl to port status, so that it may be upgraded or downgraded > more flexibly. The tcl in FreeBSD is ancient. I think that you're showing very poor judgement here; this isn't a move that should be undertaken precipitately, or by someone with your recorded antipathy to Tcl in general. Unless you're doing this a precursor to your tested and ready reformation of the basic FreeBSD distribution structure which addresses all of the basic issues that have been recognised recently, I really think that you should back up a few steps. Tcl7.5 may well be ancient; so is Perl 4. Both are currently serving duty as placeholders until 8.0 and 5.x respectively are ready for integration; this is a well-known and established fact. I have to assume that I've missed some discussion somewhere else and that you're not trying to pull a fast one here; could you perhaps suggest where this has been talked over so I can review the argument to date? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[