From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 8 20:18:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD98C1065693 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:18:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@coreland.ath.cx) Received: from birch.site5.com (birch.site5.com [174.132.116.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8513F8FC23 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dsl78-143-202-207.in-addr.fast.co.uk ([78.143.202.207] helo=viper.internal.network) by birch.site5.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N7EDU-0007rm-9u; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:18:28 -0600 Received: by viper.internal.network (Postfix, from userid 11001) id E54624AC51; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:18:24 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:18:24 +0000 From: freebsd-ports@coreland.ath.cx To: Mark Linimon Message-ID: <20091108201824.GB9691@logik.internal.network> References: <20091107212936.GB85348@logik.internal.network> <20091108040636.GC18823@lonesome.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qcHopEYAB45HaUaB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091108040636.GC18823@lonesome.com> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - birch.site5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - coreland.ath.cx X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: ports@freebsd.org, eischen@vigrid.com, ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org Subject: Re: Improving Ada support on FreeBSD and in the ports system X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:18:29 -0000 --qcHopEYAB45HaUaB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On 2009-11-07 22:06:36, Mark Linimon wrote: > > There were several more working, but a recent compiler update broke them. > At that time the portmgr team went ahead and marked the ports "broken". > That both advises users that they don't compile, and also triggers a > periodic email to the ports@ mailing list. Beyond that we have to rely > on work done by individual contributors. Seems reasonable. > Most of the general mechanisms for selecting "port alternative foo vs. > bar" live in ports/Mk. In particular, you will probably want to look at > ports/Mk/bsd.gcc.mk. A more advanced example is in bsd.java.mk. Note: > don't feel bad if you don't understand the contents of these files; they > have evolved to their current state over quite some period of time. It's > perfectly fair to ask for help. It's on the list. Thanks! > For something like this that isn't widely used, I wouldn't spend too much > time on anything other than i386 and amd64. That's where the majority of > our user base is (I'm guessing 80% and 15%, respectively, based on the PR > arrival statistics.) That's good to know. I don't have any sparc64 machines laying around... M --qcHopEYAB45HaUaB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJK9yePAAoJEPTzS0RVNS+GxmAP+gPlM7xw3O/Ta/P79Y3wh/Gg 5dBk4BwvtWpnZqCf69T/6Odge6//CCjPakPTzSRZMpxrfUDao8AmldNh7tZq4709 EIbDMMsEleD6QqSj/CCuM8tn2MWWHH8gFfgC3aAQiMXDz22jCu+09QtyR8wKLDpB cgzNiJOhU+LOCjISw7Pgyo8hZA+Jt8k9+xl9iXXHFpuCQaiazm6BRK/DzjGXrPEA UzYw1vO03FWjKWI2dOu2vRbKeXYzb7MYlwXbXbBjzeuqnAVXGipqDKMBIEzKWM1X wqIWNO/MOyhYa/Ex1Bw+HN/oaITxF3EcBhOrtrYrqw1xoyics9pqB6XsBB9JRxVh ogYPIVpErDUuWqT82XiJGitCIRCiJhTl8P9X+SZ1Vog63wJQm187aWPlONkygKYp vMXR2lGtr2QBeD3enFp6FrKiQgDxAkHT3FwLT5OMVFXfXD93/iSFvaAEeEDvYkaV IVaI+5qLwUYprS3NMFTNJrrQvlt7lHlaoG0lJsOoCfTCJDPWhr2x1m0GTHDctcqR tcq7XRCuXtuO1TKYVT+W238qswcOStQ3H+DYT7103Tabw/jQb3qupn1XveVJ3mhJ EXHsKJ0+aPh7aTvvcBQUfV1d5RsBZPOI+ol63ICpOATG0QF9OBXu4T12lQDDqRBn +A/Od04rJOdb0KTejORu =thVE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qcHopEYAB45HaUaB--