Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 14:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange entries in /usr/src/Makefile Message-ID: <199507202103.OAA09826@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199507202037.NAA02882@forgery.CS.Berkeley.EDU> from "Satoshi Asami" at Jul 20, 95 01:37:18 pm
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> > * Actually it has a bug too, it assumes src and ports are sitting > * side by side. I caught this when you pointed on the symlink > * from /usr/src/ports -> /usr/ports or where ever it may be. > * > * DO NOT apply my patch, it is not a general solution to the > * problem :-(. And infact for anyone who has symlinked /usr/src > * off some place will probably be the wrong solution :-(. > * > * Need more time to think about this to see if I can come up with > * a real solution. Any ideas??? > > That's right, many people have /usr/src -> /a/src and /usr/ports -> > /b/ports kinds of setups. > > The only way to "solve" this is to use the full pathname "/usr/ports" > in there, but then it will screw up people who have src and ports side > by side on a separate location. > > I'd prefer it nuked, it just doesn't belong here. Then neither does the assumption in bsd.ports.mk that /usr/ports is the root of the ports tree :-(. That is after all what started this whole thread, that bsd.port.mk and /usr/src/Makefile where in disagreement about locations. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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