From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Jul 12 5:43:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 432EF37B400 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 05:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout07.sul.t-online.com (mailout07.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F7FE43E65 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 05:43:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from corecode@corecode.ath.cx) Received: from fwd08.sul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 17SzlG-00018D-0A; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:43:02 +0200 Received: from spirit.zuhause.stoert.net (320050403952-0001@[217.224.167.144]) by fmrl08.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 17Szl6-13JfG4C; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:42:52 +0200 Received: from terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (terrorfish.uni.stoert.net [10.150.180.178]) by spirit.zuhause.stoert.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6CCgpQ14832; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:42:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode@corecode.ath.cx) Received: from terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (8.12.5/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6CCfo1v000961; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:41:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from corecode@terrorfish.uni.stoert.net) Received: (from corecode@localhost) by terrorfish.uni.stoert.net (8.12.5/8.12.4/Submit) id g6CCfnrH000960; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:41:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:41:44 +0200 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" To: Robert bobb Crosbie Cc: drosih@rpi.edu, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-Id: <20020712144144.797cb676.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020712121427.GD3678@lummux.tchpc.tcd.ie> References: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <3D27A296.D58FB4B4@softweyr.com> <20020712121427.GD3678@lummux.tchpc.tcd.ie> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=.QUuintHq3xl6FW" X-Sender: 320050403952-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=.QUuintHq3xl6FW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:14:27 +0100 Robert bobb Crosbie wrote: > This reminds me, for ports it would be rather handy if each installed > port could save the make options that you passed to when it was built > so then when you build it again it can recall and use those options. good point. i've wanted to work on this for nearly a year now but never found the time to do so. > Of course configurable as some people wouldn't always want the > same options when they rebuilt ports, and I'm sure it would > also cause a number of problems. OPTIONSREVISION++ or OPTIONS_ALWAYSASK=yes plus, when upgrading via package the installer could try and find a suitable customized package (ghostscript should do A4 for me etc). i think i'll look into this next month. perhaps there is a way to implement stuff for the current ports system at least. cheers simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.QUuintHq3xl6FW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9Ls6Nr5S+dk6z85oRAra+AJ4ppgKFsYTFuNmoKqoFVzITt0mswwCeIVek uPO8Kgy+iDD89mJ3nCkQhhw= =EqlY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.QUuintHq3xl6FW-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message