Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:37:49 +0300 (EEST) From: Taavi Talvik <taavi@uninet.ee> To: Ladavac Marino <mladavac@metropolitan.at> Cc: "'Nick Hibma'" <nick.hibma@jrc.it>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: a two-level port system? (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990531153401.20086A-100000@ns.uninet.ee> In-Reply-To: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C110027617962F@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Ladavac Marino wrote: Disadvantage: With one big file it is next to impossible to build version 1.1.1 of one port and 1.1.2 of another. With current model i can check out specific branch for all files/ports separately. best regards, taavi > Basically the format will be > graphics > graphics/gimp > graphics/gimp/Makefile > <blank><line 1 of makefile> > <you get the idea> > > It will be trivial to expand it into directories in order to > build ports, and compact directories into the file once the port has > been added/updated. > > Advantages: > 1) the file behaves like any other source file as far as CVS and > CVSup is concerned: one stores and transfers diffs only > 2) shar does it (and this will not be much different) > 3) well, it is ascii :) ----------------------------------------------------------- Taavi Talvik | Internet: taavi@uninet.ee Unineti Andmeside AS | phone: +372 6405150 Ravala pst. 10-412 | fax: +372 6405151 EE0001, Tallinn, Estonia | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.95.990531153401.20086A-100000>