Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:32:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeffrey Bouquet <jeffreybouquet@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: /usr/ports/CHANGES.please Message-ID: <20050708033246.74307.qmail@web34011.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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While updating a port, it can take upwards of an hour
to determine for sure the proper order of
dependencies. This would be easier, and
may save re-compile time later (less errors), if
in each /port/ subdirectory is a file:
DEPENDENCIES-COMMANDS
in roughly the following format:
this port is a Level 8 port.
One might want to be sure levels 2 through 7
are updated before building this port...
level 0... [future use]
level 1... [future use]
level 2... libtool15 [for example]
level 3... expat2 [for example]
since, libtool?? is necc to
build and/or run expat2...
...
...
...
level 8 THIS PORT
and so as not to waste the use of a file...
it could also include EXAMPLES... many man pages
installed with the ports have few if any cli
examples... I have installed several ports which
i *cannot* use because, while their descriptions
are good, actual examples are lacking of usage.
Thus examples which are missing from manpages or
README's could be *very encouraged* to be placed
into this (or another ) file... This would also
prepare people prior to installing a port, as to
usage if it is a command-line-interface app.
In short, we save time with this *one* file in,
dependency-chain errors
dependencies-all-at-once errors
looking-up-syntax-after-install research time
Jeff
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