Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:57:01 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: ac199@hwcn.org Cc: Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Concurrent package making allowed? Message-ID: <19980627125701.16222@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626220915.274E-100000@localhost>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 10:15:26PM -0400 References: <19980627120615.53392@welearn.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626220915.274E-100000@localhost>
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On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 10:15:26PM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> 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... :)
Does dependency mean it will be installed automatically? Jeez, I'd hate
to attempt to install oneko and come back to find all of X clogging my
little modem.
> > 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.
And "cam" I suppose.
OK, after eyeballing the list sifted as above, here's just a few of the
ports that look like they could be for X but I can't tell from INDEX.
ephem-4.28
luna-1.9
sattrack-3.1.6
amp-0.7.6
cam-1.02
cddbd-1.3.1p1
cdplay-0.92
gsm-1.0.10
maplay-1.2
mikmod-2.14
mpegaudio-3.9
mpg123-0.59n
nspmod-0.1
playmidi-2.3
radio-2.0.4
rosegarden-2.0.1
rplay-3.2.0b6
rsynth-2.0
s3mod-1.09
sox-12.12
splay-0.5
timidity-0.2i
tosha-0.05
tracker-5.3
xmpeg3-1.0
kinemage-4.2
povchem-1.0
pilot-link-0.8.9
qpage-3.2
staroffice-3.1
xemacs-19.16
xemacs-20.3
pcemu-1.01a
then there's screens and screens of games and graphics...
some in databases, mail, math, misc, print, textproc, www... everywhere.
I happen to know that I won't get far with staroffice xemacs or kirc,
but that's luck. Not all ports called x<something> can be discounted either.
Basically, if you don't run X it still looks like a mess.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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