From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 26 06:06:09 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA03264 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:06:09 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAB03255 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:06:06 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA06520; Tue, 26 Sep 95 13:06:03 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA14836; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:06:01 -0600 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:06:01 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9509261306.AA14836@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: jdl@chromatic.com Cc: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199509260541.AAA04042@chrome.jdl.com> (message from Jon Loeliger on Tue, 26 Sep 1995 00:41:18 -0500) Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Loeliger writes: Jon> Well, I think these issues point to the more generalized Jon> problem of simply representing the "dependency graph". That suggests to me that our startup ought to be driven by make and not sh, then. But then there's the problem of auto-editing Makefiles. Maybe we can auto-edit Imakefiles more safely? -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA When I go, I'm flying Air Bizarre. It's a good airline. You buy a one way round trip ticket. You leave any Monday, and they bring you back the previous Friday... That way you still have the weekend. -- Steven Wright