Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:06:08 -0700 From: Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Python 2.7 removal outline Message-ID: <8552dddf3bc33e42ae124cd4ea53fb4f@bsdforge.com> In-Reply-To: <20210326154426.7c7079f2@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20210324130347.GA29020@freefall.freebsd.org> <10693816.1udYB6hd2u@ravel> <20210325150320.f74kx2uor4dwl5y5@aniel.nours.eu> <feba494f-b1ea-5bbe-0457-1c85ab08041a@quip.cz> <3c1821a8-0afb-f27c-05d4-6ad0cf577f2a@m5p.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2103261347370.85788@aneurin.horsfall.org> <20210326154426.7c7079f2@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 2021-03-26 08:44, RW via freebsd-ports wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:55:33 +1100 (EST) > Dave Horsfall wrote: > >> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021, George Mitchell wrote: >> >> >> [...] it is really not for everybody to use overlays in current >> >> state (overlays are poor documented at least). [...] >> > >> > Until this thread I had never heard of them. -- >> > George >> >> I can't remember the last time I used overlays (certainly with CP/M); >> I didn't know that FreeBSD even supported them (why bother when >> you've got VM?). > > I doubt that meaning of overlay is going to be relevant. I'd not heard > of it either, but from looking in ports/Mk/ it seems to be a way of > modifying port builds. As I understand it. It allows you to graft out-of-tree ports/versions onto the ports-tree-proper. --Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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