Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:25:46 +0900 (JST) From: SADA Kenji <sada@bsdclub.org> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, asami@FreeBSD.org, sada@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape includes (was Re: Alpha packages for 4.1) Message-ID: <200008020525.OAA14863@home.bsdclub.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 30 Jul 2000 14:45:46 -0700". <20000730144546.A40006@dragon.nuxi.com>
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I'm CC'ing this to FreeBSD-ports and Asami-san.
In article <20000730144546.A40006@dragon.nuxi.com>
obrien@freebsd.org writes:
>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 02:41:10PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
>> > The dependancy comes from this snipit in www/netscape4-communicator/Makefile:
>> >
>> > .if (${ARCH} == "i386") && !defined(USE_LINUX_LIB) && !defined(WITHOUT_AOUT)
>> > USE_AOUT_LIB= yes
>> > PKGREQ= ${MASTERDIR}/pkg/REQ.aout
>> > RUN_DEPENDS+=${X11BASE}/lib/aout/libX11.so.6.1:${PORTSDIR}/x11/XFree86-aoutlibs
>> > .endif
>>
>> This ugliness and complexity [of trying to share a base Netscape port
>> with all the various versions] has just become too much. I'd ether like
>> to see the ports put back the way they were, or this includes GREATLY
>> restructured.
I've thought same thing :)
>> Maybe we should have www/netscape4-communicator/Makefile.inc that all the
>> ports include, and it has a GREATLY cut down version of
>> www/netscape4-communicator/Makefile. It would put more redundancy in the
>> various Netscape ports -- such as the a.out RUN_DEPENDS for the native
>> FreeBSD Netscape, but having all these "USE_LINUX_LIB" sentinel vars is
>> just too complicated. This code is like 10 year-old code with #ifdef's
>> all over the place.
Almost agree, but how about creating the common makefile as
"PORTSDIR/Mk/bsd.netscape(-4).mk".
>> Either way, can you please visit beast.freebsd.org and verify that the
>> Netscape ports are buildable on the Alpha?
I see. Please wait.
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