Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:50:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu>, FreeBSD Ports <FreeBSD-Ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sample Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960802074357.5610C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <10600.838958348@time.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > That's why I asked at the beginning if this was the direction. I was > > writing a Makefile for a human to read. You're asking for a machine > > driven one, essentially useless for a human (one that doesn't know how to > > write a ports Makefile from the beginning anyways). It should be obvious > > that I wasn't pointing towards that. > > Yes, it was, and I wasn't really sure whether or not the human > Makefile would work as a concept until I saw the size of yours. The > sheer amount of reading one would have to do in order to use it in the > full construction of a port is rather self-defeating if you're trying > to make the process quicker and less knowledge intensive. > > > the idea of someone else doing that, but my own opinion is that such a > > thing would too radically limit what you could get done in adapting the > > software of some _not under your control_ to a FreeBSD environment. I > > Huh? The ports collection is *all about* adapting software not under > your control to a FreeBSD environment! ;-) Maybe I misunderstood you, but I _think_ you're talking about mechanizing the production of ports, or at least the Makefile, right? The amazing (to me, I'm a fan of bsd.port.mk) flexibility of ports would be limited if a tool tried to get me to make Makefiles by answering questions. I have similarly dim views of most expert systems I've seen or read about. I'm more in favor of educating the humans. That's what you were heading towards, a Makefile that had a spot for everything, and could be filled in using a point/click tool, right? Or did I misread you? > > Jordan > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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