Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 09:35:33 -0400 From: Craig Struble <cstruble@quirk.com> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: cstruble@vt.edu, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/616: make install target in ports ignores NO_PACKAGE Message-ID: <199507181335.JAA02229@quirk.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, July 14, 1995 15:04:07 -0700 References: <199507141830.OAA00672@quirk.com> <199507142204.PAA29276@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Fri, July 14, 1995 at 15:04:07 (-0700), Satoshi Asami wrote: > * I'm testing a port build and install without packaging information > * available? The make complains and dies with an error. Earlier versions > * of the bsd.port.mk files honored the NO_PACKAGE for installs. At least, > * it did for pre-2.0.5 SNAPS (I distinctly remember doing this for a > * few ports I grabbed off the FTP site because the package commands failed). > > That was considered a mistake. I didn't know there was somebody who > liked the old behavior. ;) > Given an infinite number of FreeBSD users (or close to it), there will be somebody who likes any old behavior, good or not :-) > Remember, not having pkg/* files is not allowed for any port > (NO_PACKAGE or not), so those ports are broken and have to be fixed. > And for testing broken ports, we usually recommend "make -i". :) > Ahh. I did not know pkg files were required. Makes a little more sense now, although I'd still prefer a variable so I could turn off registering a port if I want to. It's not that important though, and I can make due (I do have the source after all). See ya later, Craig -- Craig Struble - Grad Student, Consultant, | World's most versatile C program Student ACM Co-President, Virginia Tech | (*nix version) Email - cstruble@vt.edu | URL - http://acm.vt.edu/~cstruble/ | #include "/dev/tty"
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