From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jun 20 22:44:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C5914D7A for ; Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:44:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA25224; Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:43:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:43:54 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Chris Piazza , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where are the README.html files in ports when cvs? Message-ID: <19990621004354.F23254@futuresouth.com> References: <19990619151452.B381@norn.ca.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Alfred Perlstein on Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 04:38:54AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 04:38:54AM -0500, a little birdie told me that Alfred Perlstein remarked > On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Chris Piazza wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 03:11:51PM -0700, Chris Piazza wrote: > > > > Are there many ports that don't build well with -jn, ie. is this worth > > the trouble? :) > > Tons of programs out there aren't make -jn safe. It seems that lately > things have gotten better, but even lynx-ssl won't compile sometimes > with a -jn. I would give my left arm for XFree86 to be -j'able. (I practically knawed it off waiting last time I built X anyway, so it's no big loss). Am I the only one who finds it offensive (or at least ironic) that a windowing system takes longer to build than the entire OS? -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller MF4839 http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message