Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:02:17 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, danny@ricin.com Subject: Re: A bit of discussion: Why don't we use a stage? Message-ID: <200502010902.21116.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200502010126.59366.danny@ricin.com> References: <200502010126.59366.danny@ricin.com>
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--nextPart2618696.xq3lgPiDms Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 1. February 2005 01:26, Danny Pansters wrote: > I wonder, are there pressing reasons not to do that (apart from marginally > more space needed)? Whether it's so marginal or not depends on the port I'd say. Especially if= =20 this stage were to be in an appropriate place (like /tmp), this will be=20 problematic. > Perhaps this is a stupid or bikeshed question but I've=20 > wondered about this several times. Do I imagine a bigger gain than there > would be in reality? I think so. When working on creating or changing a port, you can always=20 install stuff into a custom PREFIX, then go digging in there for potential= =20 issues - and apply changes you'd think would be useful to the build system = of=20 the port itself (and it's really easy enough to do that - at least I never= =20 wished for a staging area to mess around in). However - the biggest reason there isn't a staging area is that there is no= ne.=20 It should be pretty straightforward to implement this by setting PREFIX, if= =20 you feel like hacking bsd.port.mk and submitting a PR with the results, fee= l=20 free to go ahead. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart2618696.xq3lgPiDms Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB/zeNXhc68WspdLARAr77AJ0a+iXLBrFT615/la2A9v3dYNoZ+wCfVm8W VFBIowVBfLH0jAmgi3gOYuo= =EPCk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2618696.xq3lgPiDms--
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