Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:01:44 +0200 From: "Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke" <damaker@fillibach.de> To: "Roop Nanuwa" <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General issues with the ports system Message-ID: <opsar1k6xvdvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de> In-Reply-To: <75f3f7050407051920313d8f1a@mail.gmail.com> References: <opsaooxejvdvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de> <75f3f7050407051920313d8f1a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:20:21 -0700, Roop Nanuwa <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com> wrote: >> b) Is it possible to use & install ports without having a ports tree? > You will need the ports-base in addition to the directory for the port > itself to compile any ports yourself. Yeah, that seems pretty logical. > Also, realize that most ports > have dependencies that will need to be satisfied if you wish to > compile them. Those will also have to be present. Sure. I guess the main problem with the "use cvs to get only the portsdir you want" problem is that *IF* there is an unsatisfied dependency, it can't `cd` to the right directory. This is the tricky part :) Maybe its covered in 'BSD Hacks'... > If you want to trim down the unnecessary parts of the ports > tree, look into using the 'refuse' file in the cvsup man page. I'd > say that's a much better way to go about it. Sure. And the portsclean utility is pretty nice, too. Much much better than `cd /usr/ports && make clean`... Still, my /usr/ports about 260 megs (without distfiles), which should be okay for just about any computer these days :) cya, Kosta
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