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Subject: Re: src/gnu
To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh)
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 09:41:04 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199605230551.XAA07031@rover.village.org> from Warner Losh at "May 22, 96 11:51:34 pm"
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Warner Losh wrote:
> : I agree with Poul.  The bmake paradigm for gcc just isn't working.
> : If the ports model fits better, we should use that instead.
> 
> One thing to consider is that the gnu software has a habbit of
> disappearing off the FTP sites after a while.  This would force an
> ungrade or leave some people out in the cold should the FSF produce a
> series of bad releases of a certain program.

The ports use $MASTER_SITES as fallback hosts in this case.

Just another data point: I spent some time bmakeing texinfo-3.7 and I
can't say I like the procedure. A port would have been easier.  Maybe
we could get by with a bsd.gnu.mk which sets things like $PREFIX,
$GNU_CONFIGURE and such and then included bsd.ports.mk.

Aside: how about a /usr/share/misc/config.site? This would be useful
in any case, I think.

tg