Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 13:47:31 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, chris@calldei.com, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/tcsh - Imported sources Message-ID: <200004161147.NAA76123@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <vqcbt3a8fkm.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> ; from asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) "16 Apr 2000 04:12:40 MST." References: <vqcbt3a8fkm.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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> * From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl>
>
> * Create a metaport in ports which links the shell statically and
> * puts it in /bin.
>
> But we cannot create a package for that "port".
This, then is a shortcoming of the ports system; we need at least two
other categories:
1) statically linked and installed in (say) /local/{bin|sbin} (which is
in the root filesystem).
2) kernel modules.
M
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