Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 09:42:22 +0200 (CEST) From: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>, Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg/.mkversion Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904010919550.1467-100000@ns.double-barrel.be> In-Reply-To: <7322.922949191@zippy.cdrom.com>
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Sorry to bud in... but shouldn't /var/db/pkg be only used for package admin purpouses and only for that. Otherwise things get sloppy if one needs to have a .mkversion shouldn't it be in /etc and automatically generated upon bootup from the kernel version number or if the file is used to assetain how to build a port i.e. ELF or a.out their are other ways to accomplish this ...but eh I think the switch to ELF should be finalyzed soon becuase keeping the a.out ports in the current release could be confusing for newbies... namely if they havent installed the compat module it may get sticky... ( note I could be wrong here ). Michael --- Michael C. Vergallen A.k.A. Mad Mike, Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/ B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/ Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976 On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Now that "make world" do something in /var/db/pkg, shouldn't /var/db/pkg > > be added to the mtree list for 3.1-STABLE and current? Otherwise a > > make release will break and also a make world if you haven't installed > > any packages yet. > > I think this entire thing is a massive botch and needs to be removed > as a bad idea ASAP. > > - Jordan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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