From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jun 27 4:19: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mailrelay1.lrz-muenchen.de (mailrelay1.lrz-muenchen.de [129.187.254.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D3D37B406; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 04:18:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.150.180.176] by mailrelay1.lrz-muenchen.de with ESMTP; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:17:32 +0200 Received: from elevation.uni.stoert.net (r180177.olydorf.swh.mhn.de [10.150.180.177]) by spirit.zuhause.stoert.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5RBHHp69687; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:17:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode@elevation.uni.stoert.net) Received: (from corecode@localhost) by elevation.uni.stoert.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5RBHFhj000580; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:17:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:17:12 +0200 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" To: Doug Barton Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A suggestion for ports that replace parts of the base Message-Id: <20020627131712.34ae3dab.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020627033827.F42503-100000@master.gorean.org> References: <20020627033827.F42503-100000@master.gorean.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SJz2(1+iQ:8az=.I" Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --SJz2(1+iQ:8az=.I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Doug Barton wrote: > I'm very interested in the idea of ports that replace parts of the > base system. I think that something like PORT_REPLACES_BASE_FOO might > be more useful. This could be put in /etc/make.conf without fear that > the user would forget what it means some point down the road. It's a > little wordy, but I think it's quite clear. that's a good idea. this should be incorporated into /usr/src/Makefile (or whatever) so that the base system tools that are overwritten by a port are never installed (or even built?). as it seems this PORT_REPLACES_BASE_FOO needs so set a NO_FOO somewhere. cheerz simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --SJz2(1+iQ:8az=.I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9GvQ7r5S+dk6z85oRAlgCAJwKFD+J8L+t8TwlDUW0JJaFTdlN6ACeMphQ qU8Yt4dlWKzYuYvpwc02lgs= =qRgt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SJz2(1+iQ:8az=.I-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message