Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:42:05 +0000 From: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> To: marklmi@yahoo.com, jamie@catflap.org Cc: rozhuk.im@gmail.com, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, dewaynegeraghty@gmail.com, aryehfriedman@gmail.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD ports community is broken [port building configuration notes] Message-ID: <202402241542.41OFg5sd034219@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> In-Reply-To: <9374651A-B5E2-4522-88C0-1E9A3F65E4EA@yahoo.com> References: <87B38D6C-1D83-4158-B03B-F4C8EA396DD1.ref@yahoo.com> <87B38D6C-1D83-4158-B03B-F4C8EA396DD1@yahoo.com> <20240219104333.6ecff336@rimwks.local> <8C4AB1AF-139D-4144-867C-6AD1AE1E1307@yahoo.com> <CAGnMC6qkzYTXTEsV1xy=YRtg8_=-SXzO92E2W%2B6J1vtxOCpCGQ@mail.gmail.com> <7B21AFF0-E0D5-4836-8486-F812E79152DF@yahoo.com> <202402201313.41KDD6G2013501@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net> <9374651A-B5E2-4522-88C0-1E9A3F65E4EA@yahoo.com>
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Hi Mark, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Feb 20, 2024, at 05:13, Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org> wrote: > > > I've probably grasped the wrong ideas from this thread. I thought it was > > about the implied effective deprecation of the ports infrastructure for > > a binary package only structure, with poudriere being used to create > > custom packages in any way it wants going forward. > > Please do not confuse the original thread's overall range of points > with this more technical subthread. I've been limiting myself to the > subthread's subject area as best I can. Given that focus, . . . > > To my knowledge, poudriere is a user of the ports and pkg > infrastructures (that both exist independent of poudriere), never > the other way around. In that it is like portmaster: layered > on top without invalidating the infrastructures below. > > This also makes poudriere just one of multiple alternatives. > I've not suggested eliminating any of them. Thanks for the reply. That makes it clearer. I did indeed get confused by the way the thread evolved. Cheers, Jamie
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