From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 09:23:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C50A16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:23:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.volant.org (gate.volant.org [207.111.218.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51EF043FDF for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:23:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patl+freebsd@volant.org) Received: from 64-144-229-193.client.dsl.net ([64.144.229.193] helo=[192.168.0.13]) by smtp.volant.org with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.22) id 1AHnqp-0005re-Sv; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:23:20 -0800 Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:23:18 -0800 From: Pat Lashley To: Matthias Andree , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <415945408.1068139398@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org> In-Reply-To: References: <3FAA3B77.7090002@fillmore-labs.com> <20031106141924.GA11241@merlin.emma.line.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.0b8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Scan-Signature: ccec3068c2c34a412b04326b5f6d3453a40553ac X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) X-Spam-Score-Int: -33 X-Spam-Report: -3.3/5.0 This mail has matched the spam-filter tests listed below. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for details about the specific tests reported. In general, the higher the number of total points, the more likely that it actually is spam. (The 'required' number of points listed below is the arbitrary number above which the message is normally considered spam.) Content analysis details: (-3.30 points total, 5 required)header IN_REP_TO (-0.4 points) Has a In-Reply-To header probability is 10 to 20% [score: 0.1175]quoted email text REPLY_WITH_QUOTES (0.0 points) Reply with quoted text AWL (2.2 points) AWL: Auto-whitelist adjustment Subject: Re: RFC: FreeBSD DB Port Reform X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 17:23:32 -0000 --On Thursday, November 06, 2003 16:51:59 +0100 Matthias Andree wrote: > If hier(7) is so off-limits/intangible that we cannot leave a > /usr/local/$PORTNAME in addition to the usual stuff, we'll have to > continue patching the ports. I think your proposed solution is the most elegant available. And after reviewing hier(7); I don't see anything that specificly forbids it. There is also precedent with some of the more complex ports. (E.g., the various JDKs) To satisfy the hier Strict Constructionists, why not propose a simple addition to hier(7) to cover complex vendor branch applications? This would retroactively legitimize the JDK, OpenSSL, Acrobat5, OpenOffice.org, and other ports that already install into /usr/local/. -Pat