Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:55:43 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-org-libs port downloading xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2.1.src.rpm, not using it Message-ID: <70662128@serv3.int.kfs.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060630121917.GG46135@caml.cs.uwaterloo.ca> (Ben Korvemaker's message of "Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:19:17 -0400") References: <20060629163256.GE46135@caml.cs.uwaterloo.ca> <02829617@serv3.int.kfs.ru> <20060630121917.GG46135@caml.cs.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:19:17 -0400 Ben Korvemaker wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 03:50:54PM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > We use linux libraries and as to GPL we should have sources together
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > with binaries. It was agreed that the best be can do -- to download
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > sources to those servers which have binary distfiles to
> > distribute. Thus those sources are downloading only when
> > PACKAGE_BUIULDING=YES is defined -- mainly for the FreeBSD package
> > building cluster.
> >
> > So when a standard user installs linux-xorg-libs from port or from
> > package (s)he doesn't get the sources.
> Make sense.
> > Fedora Core 4 has many xorg-libraries splitted functionally, but has
> > only one big file for the sources. :-(
> >
> > To avoid the sources fetching you may apply the next patch to
> > ports/Mk/bsd.linux-rpm.mk:
> Is the current situation likely to change? Or will I have to keep
No (look at the undelined text). We should do it to be
GPL-compatible. BTW, there are some ports marked as BROKEN because
they don't fetch GPLed linux sources...
> that patched? (and won't that patch get blown away every time i cvsup?)
Cvsup will overwrite the patch.
WBR
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Boris B. Samorodov, Research Engineer
InPharmTech Co, http://www.ipt.ru
Telephone & Internet Service Provider
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