From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 1 3:17: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gizmo.internode.com.au (gizmo.internode.com.au [192.83.231.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF31B14E4C; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 03:17:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from newton@gizmo.internode.com.au) Received: (from newton@localhost) by gizmo.internode.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA30081; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:45:44 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from newton) From: Mark Newton Message-Id: <199906011015.TAA30081@gizmo.internode.com.au> Subject: Re: a two-level port system? To: alex@cichlids.com (Alexander Langer) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:45:44 +0930 (CST) 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 In-Reply-To: <19990601121027.A16920@cichlids.cichlids.com> from "Alexander Langer" at Jun 1, 99 12:10:27 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 ---- Mark Newton Email: newton@internode.com.au (W) Network Engineer Email: newton@atdot.dotat.org (H) Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 "Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message