Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 15:05:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, ache@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested change to apache port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970427145647.18949H-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970427143834.15556A-100000@nexis.net>
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On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, James FitzGibbon wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Chuck Robey wrote:
>
> > directory to exist using the BUILD_DEPENDS stuff, which would get the
> > fetch/patch/whatever done for you. That part at least is simpler now
> > that that used in those old tcl/tk things, which used to do cd's and
> > makes (I found that real ugly!)
>
> But wouldn't build depends go into ${PORTSDIR}/www/apache and do a make
> install ? If someone had made modifications to their webserver and then
> made mod_perl, they'd end up with an httpd binary containing just mod_perl
> and not their previous configured modules.
>
> Do we have to admit that the existing ports system doesn't lend itself to
> people who stray from the baseline ports ?
The way I read the DEPENDS target from the docs, it didn't do the full
install. I just looked at the sources, and I _think_ it does do the full
install. I think that's wrong, it should just make the dir, not install it.
The other targets cover the need for installed packages. I was wrong before,
you wouldn't want to use BUILD_DEPENDS, because it does just what you're
saying.
The alternative is doing the make you want yourself, explicitly. I think
installing all the sources permanently would be pathologically wrong.
They're just not needed except for building.
>
> --
> j.
>
>
>
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