Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:45:44 +0930 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> To: alex@cichlids.com (Alexander Langer) Cc: newton@internode.com.au, akm@mail.theinternet.com.au, eivind@FreeBSD.ORG, abial@webgiro.com, taavi@uninet.ee, kaj@raditex.se, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a two-level port system? Message-ID: <199906011015.TAA30081@gizmo.internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990601121027.A16920@cichlids.cichlids.com> from "Alexander Langer" at Jun 1, 99 12:10:27 pm
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Alexander Langer wrote:
> Thus spake Mark Newton (newton@internode.com.au):
> > > DESCR file?
> > /usr/ports/INDEX ?
>
> Isn't the DESCR much more detailed than this INDEX file?
> (compare mail/mutt/pkg/DESCR and the INDEX file)
Use INDEX to work out whether the package *might* be appropriate,
and use something like "make buildenv" to grab the DESCR file
(and everything else) if you think it's useful to do so.
I think most novices probably don't even know the DESCR file
exists anyway.
- mark
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