Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 17:35:06 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued Message-ID: <199708030805.RAA13330@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970802135102.10798B-100000@Journey2.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "Aug 2, 97 01:54:35 pm"
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Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > > Another thing to consider is the basic cleanliness of FreeBSD to tcl > applications that don't arrive via the ports mechanism. Our present > environment is such that even a well written tcl app hasn't the least > chance of configuring itself correctly. In our respect for tcl, we've > constructed a tcl-hostile system. So far, the only problems I've encountered are with extensions which use the usual bogus autoconfigure shared-library searching mechanism and thus can't find the Tcl shared libraries. I'm curious as to what other problems you've seen... -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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