Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:15:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: ac199@hwcn.org, Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Concurrent package making allowed? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626220915.274E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19980627120615.53392@welearn.com.au>
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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > I have a problem, but I'm not sure whether adding a field for it is the > ideal solution. When installing ports to a system not capable of running > X it is often difficult to know whether that port requires X before a > long expensive and frustratingly useless download. They aren't all Another INDEX field is probably not the solution. This is just a dependency problem, and there are hundreds of dependencies... :) > identified by their categories or path in INDEX (e.g. most of those > listed under audio, some games, and graphics). Ports that need X are identified by belonging to one of the following categories: X11 Tk41 Tk42 Tk80 Tk81 There is a number of ports that don't. These ports are broken. Report them if you find them. :) Ugh. Looking over the list of all categories, you might have to add "plan9" to the above list. That's yucky. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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