Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:48:33 -0400 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] New dialog for ports Message-ID: <CA%2BQLa9DXE5pS2ytr%2BfBADqO1-_C_cRtr2Kyb8e6DN4SnBka6XQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51492152.2010709@FreeBSD.org> References: <20130314095529.GH53963@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51492152.2010709@FreeBSD.org>
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I'm getting the same error after the most recent portsnap update. It looks like this has been added as a default for all "make config" commands now. Perhaps these changes should be backed out so it's not the default for everything? On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 03/14/13 09:55, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Ilya A. Arkhipov wrote dialog4ports which has just been added into the ports >> tree ports-mgmt/dialog4ports, this is intended to be a replacement for dialog(1) >> designed specifically for the options, in particular for optionsng. >> >> It uses libdialog (recent version) and extend it with a new widget able to deal >> with both normal and radio options in the same window. >> >> dialog4ports will live forever in ports so that it can easily be updated and get >> support for new features on all supported arches at the same time. >> >> It bundles libdialog on FreeBSD versions that doesn't have a recent libdialog in >> base (read 8.x) >> >> dialog4ports also support a new feature: it has a help dialog to be able to >> print a human readable help text if possible. >> >> Here is a patch to the ports tree that makes it use dialog4ports by default. >> What it does is: >> When make config is requested and dialog4ports is not installed yet the ports >> tree will install dialog4ports first. >> >> New feature for maintainer, if a pkg-help file is found inside the port >> directory then dialog will show to the user a help file is available et propose >> him to hint F1 or ^E to show the said help file >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/d4p.diff >> >> Please test! > > I didn't get a chance to test this before it was committed, but I'm > currently running into this: > > > % pwd > /usr/local/tinderbox/portstrees/FreeBSD/ports/www/apache22 > % sudo make config > dialog4ports isn't installed, do you want to install it now? [Y/n] n > env: /usr/local/bin/dialog4ports: No such file or directory > ===> Options unchanged > % > > And I'm prompted every time. Is this how it's supposed to work? > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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