Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:06:02 +0200 From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> To: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, glenngombert@zdnetonebox.com Subject: Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4 Message-ID: <20010918160602.B90244@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <200109181358.JAA25623@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>; from bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:58:11AM -0400 References: <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200109181358.JAA25623@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>
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Thus spake Robert Withrow (bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com): > I know it is slimy, but couldn't there be a dummy "port" just > called "XFree86" that is what most other ports depend on? The minority > of ports that actually care what version of X is installed could always > use the version-specific names... Would be nice if we had a package system that lets you just install - let me call them - "features", such as a "XFree86" feature, other ports could depend on. Multiple packages could supply this feature then and ports could also say if they depend on a specific version. Alex, hiding in a dark corner. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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