Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:13:19 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG (Bruce A. Mah) To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>, david@bushong.net, kris@obsecurity.org, calvinng@brel.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, Jeff+freebsd@wagsky.com, sean-freebsd-stable@chittenden.org Subject: Re: FWIW: pkg_alert development (was: Re: pkg/port dependency too l (enclosed)) Message-ID: <200104251613.f3PGDJX18938@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010425021339.B13545@rand.tgd.net> References: <20010424211314.A98683@xor.obsecurity.org> <E14sLC5-0001aq-00@dilbert.fcg.co.uk> <20010425021339.B13545@rand.tgd.net>
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--==_Exmh_1379084599P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii [picking a random message to reply to in order to make some meta-comments] If memory serves me right, Sean Chittenden wrote: > I do perl though and would rather do a make from src than an > update from a binary. [checking the docs to make sure I'm not crazy > before stirring up another wild goose chase...] Alright, looks safe. > > Thoughts to a -s flag to build from source? -sc Why don't you folks move this to -ports? There's a lot of people there who have thought about these issues, and they can at least help you avoid re-making past mistakes. (Also look at the list archives, this issue gets re-hashed every few months.) I had the approach of incorporating this into bsd.port.mk. Anyone who wants to see what I've got and is interested in improving it, please send me a note off-list. I use it routinely, but it has its shortcomings, such as not dealing with build-time flags. Also, you might want to talk to the OpenPackages people to see what they're doing. Those of you actually working on this problem can probably save a lot of time and grief by looking at what others have tried to do in the past... Cheers, Bruce. PS. I can be dropped from this discussion; unfortunately I won't have time to participate except to make a few meta-comments every now and then. :-( --==_Exmh_1379084599P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE65vef2MoxcVugUsMRAueQAKDvVPpZgIxOuiBQg1KLDNX6xPoOaACgu2wr lFwiC0lit+UYatnH/3J5nn4= =8t0Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1379084599P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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