Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:54:58 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: mph@pobox.com (Matthew Hunt) Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rationale for moving *.port.mk to Mk? Message-ID: <199901292254.OAA40622@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990129144017.B26710@wopr.caltech.edu> from Matthew Hunt at "Jan 29, 1999 2:40:17 pm"
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Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:56:14PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > This appears to be a gratuitous change? > > When you do a "make world", the /usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk that > is installed simply includes /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. > > The idea is that when you cvsup the Ports Collection, bsd.port.mk > will be kept in-sync with the ports. Previously, unsynchronized > bsd.port.mk and POrts Collections were a major support issue. > But, this assumes that someone will cvsup ports-base or ports-all. ports-base includes a lot of crap that does not need to be installed on a machine to simply build a port. Oh well, one more refuse file to remember to update as crap gets added to ports-base. troutmask:kargl[208] cat /usr/sup/ports-base/refuse *.cvsignore* *INDEX* *LEGAL* *Makefile* *README* *Templates* *Tools* *YEAR2000* At the very least, a separate cvsup collection that includes only Mk should be established. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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