Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 19:37:41 -0700 (PDT) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) To: jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/codecrusader - Imported sources Message-ID: <199908040237.TAA89469@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <99Aug4.115313est.40327@border.alcanet.com.au> (message from Peter Jeremy on Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:12:32 %2B1000) References: <99Aug4.115313est.40327@border.alcanet.com.au>
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* From: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> * asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) wrote: * >By the way, the easiest way to fix something like this is to put * >"NO_BUILD=t" and "INSTALL_TARGET=all install" in the Makefile.... * * That strikes me as even more of a kludge. There are often cases * where I want to build something without installing it - one obvious * example is building and installing on different machines. Yes, I should have mentioned it as a "kludge" rather than a fix. Still, it will make the port work for most cases. * A warning of `BROKEN' should make it obvious what the problem is - * whereas your fix just masks the problem. * * I'd prefer to see the port fixed so that it builds and installs in two * clearly delimited steps. Easy to say, but it's usually pretty difficult to fix them properly because the original authors have a good reason to do it that way. For an example of a port fixed properly but became almost unmaintainable as a result, see lang/modula-3. Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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