From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Nov 25 20:55:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA08457 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:55:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA08427 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:54:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id PAA01609; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:23:26 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611260453.PAA01609@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Latest ports INDEX browser In-Reply-To: <96Nov25.130817pst.177711@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from Bill Fenner at "Nov 25, 96 01:08:09 pm" To: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:23:26 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, ports@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bill Fenner stands accused of saying: > In message <199611250914.TAA28361@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>you write: > >list-distfiles: > > @echo DIST_SUBDIR ${DIST_SUBDIR} > > @echo DISTFILES ${DISTFILES} > > Does "make DISTDIR=/tmp/empty_directory FETCH_CMD=echo fetch" give what you want without modifying bsd.port.mk? Um, sort of. It's very wordy though, and the ultimate goal was to use something less elephantine than the current bsd.port.mk in order to improve the overall speed. Also, that won't tell me DIST_SUBDIR. > Bill -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[