From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 17 22:27:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1F8A16A41F; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:27:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com (dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com [68.99.120.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256B843D45; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:27:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051017222715.BFRY2325.dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com@dns1>; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:27:15 -0400 From: Vizion To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:22:14 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200510150015.j9F0ExKr085847@sakura.ninth-nine.com> <20051017212748.GD71766@isis.sigpipe.cz> <790a9fff0510171505i4010cc05yc30f67d459d1a0e4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0510171505i4010cc05yc30f67d459d1a0e4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200510171522.17180.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org, Wes Peters , Scot Hetzel , freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:27:10 -0000 On Monday 17 October 2005 15:05, the author Scot Hetzel contributed to the dialogue on- Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports: >On 10/17/05, Roman Neuhauser wrote: >> Wes said: "I have to resort to 'make search'" which presumably means >> he'd prefer to just ls /usr/ports/$emacs_category; while 'make >> search' is a bearable interface (FMPOV), you can't beat a ls. >> >> Hey, what about materialized virtual categories? A bunch of >> symlinks, and everyone's happy. Or is that too much for CVS? > >It would probably be too much for CVS to handle, instead someone could >modify bsd.port.mk to create the virtual category directories and then >symbolicly link the ports into these categories. > >The following could be added to bsd.port.mk > >virtualport: >.for CATEGORY in ${CATEGORIES} >.if not exist ${PORTSDIR}/${CATEGORY} > mkdir ${PORTSDIR}/${CATEGORY} >.endif >.if not exist ${PORTSDIR}/${CATEGORY}/${PORTNAME} > ln -s ${.CURDIR} ${PORTSDIR}/${CATEGORY}/${PORTNAME} >.endif >.endfor > >which would add the link for a specific port. The we would need to >add a virtualports target (bsd.subdir.mk?) that would decend thru all >the ports creating all the symbolic links (similar to the "make >readmes" target used in /usr/ports/ ). > >Also there would need to be another target that would remove all the >symbolic links, that way you could re-create them without worrying >about removed symbolic links pointing to non-existant ports. > >NOTE: Non of this code has been tested. If you want this feature, work >on improving the code and submitting it as a patch to the PR database >for Ports Managers to accept/reject. > >Scot Would this provide an opportunity to have for example: /usr/ports/eclipse /usr/ports/eclipse/plugins/ so that the plugins could be selected for installation from make config in /usr/ports and manage the installation of the plugins (rather similar to what happens for php)? david >-- >DISCLAIMER: >No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.