From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Mar 8 9:10:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4232137BCB6 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA14148; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:10:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:10:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003081710.JAA14148@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Roland Jesse Subject: Re: ports/17265: New port devel/tmake Reply-To: Roland Jesse Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/17265; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Roland Jesse To: Will Andrews Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/17265: New port devel/tmake Date: 08 Mar 2000 18:04:17 +0100 Will Andrews writes: > One of my (new ports/updated ports) needs tmake. Well, I need it for my own work. :) > > XCreate and maintain makefiles across many platforms and compilers > > I prefer, > Extremely portable perl-based make utility Fine with me. > What is all this crap below here? We only need freebsd-g++, not all those > other OS types. The only useful purpose for a port of tmake would be to > generate makefiles from a tmake .pro file. If a developer wishes to > distribute other parts of tmake, they can still get the tarball and install > it with their own software package. I disagree. It is kind of annoying when ports are only made in a way that they are good as dependencies for other ports but not for serious development besides that. As much as it is necessary to install header files in case of libraries (see math/vtk for a real bad example) it is a good idea to install not only the freebsd-g++ templates for tmake but the couple others that are available, too. > As I said above, this is too much cruft for what will be the 99% case of an > install of tmake. Well, that's the Microsoft argument. ;-) In case my proposal violates common porting practice, do it your way and I will stick with mine on my machine. Roland To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message