Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:51:10 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reasons for USE_AUTOCONF/USE_AUTOMAKE usage? Message-ID: <20021210105110.GC47031@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <1391185187.20021210134804@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <1391185187.20021210134804@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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--6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:48:04PM +0300, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Why so many ports declare, that they use autoconf/automake, and, > via them, perl5? FWIW, I'm interested in this too. > Many programs compiles fine with bundled `configure'. and > `Makefile.in' files and could be compiled without any perl5! Is here > reason to re-generate these files before build? As Far As I > understand, auto* tools is not requirement for many programs, which > ports declare, that it need auto* tools. >=20 > perl5 is not present in 5.0 base system, but I could not imagine > installation, which will not use any ports with USE_AUTO* variables > defined, so perl5 will be installed from ports (5.8.0, I think) on > virtually all 5.0 systems... Only some routers, DNS servers and so > on will live without it, I think... Well you could pkg_delete all those build dependencies after the ports are installed, but IMHO they shouldn't be necessary in the first place, just like you argue. --Stijn --=20 "An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals. That's all." -- Shigeru Miyamoto --6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE99cceY3r/tLQmfWcRAh0sAJ0SgK5UaIazZGAiKpzSSIkJdh+uegCeIo4i W+HmQmaRFvZO1+Q39N+1jAw= =kl9X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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