From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Sep 10 18: 0:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF64137B423 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 18:00:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 773BC1C41; Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:00:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:00:44 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: Steve Price Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: Ports Options Paper Message-ID: <20000910210044.M47559@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <20000903052226.E1205@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <200009082243.e88Mh9V05579@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000910175639.F47559@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000910175322.G70549@bonsai.hiwaay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000910175322.G70549@bonsai.hiwaay.net>; from sprice@hiwaay.net on Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 05:53:22PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 05:53:22PM -0500, Steve Price wrote: > # ports/mail/postfix+sasl > # ports/mail/postfix+mysql > # ports/mail/postfix+ldap > # ports/mail/postfix+mysql+ldap > # ports/mail/postfix+mysql+sasl > # ports/mail/postfix+ldap+sasl > # ports/mail/postfix+mysql+ldap+sasl > > If done properly these would all just be a directory and a > Makefile with all the work being done in the master port. The > biggest problem with the current scheme is inode consumption. > Aside from expecting a single port to build multiple packages, > are there other ways to reduce the inode consumption and stick > with the current OPOP paradigm? If people want that many ports for one program, then I can go do that. I think for some programs the number of combinations would produce a ridiculous number of ports, and I think handling it with the tools would be a much more straightforward solution. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message