Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 15:30:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Intuitive Design Archive <archive@in-design.com> Cc: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, ache@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested change to apache port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970427152824.18949K-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970427151346.1032A-100000@nero.in-design.com>
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On Sun, 27 Apr 1997, Intuitive Design Archive wrote:
> 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 ?
>
> I always thought that was both the attraction and disadvantage to ports.
> Although you will always get a easily build program for your system, the
> customizing step is left completely up to the person who ports the
> software. For me anything that is mission critical, I build my self on
> my machine and test it with several different combinations. Isn't that
> the idea or getting the src after all?
You and I do that, but what we are providing here for a lot of people is
entre into building from sources witout having to climb the same learning
curve you and I climbed, and also convenience for those who know how to
do it, but don't have the time to always get fancy. That lst, the time
requirement, I'm unfortunately really aware of.
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