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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: Rationale for moving *.port.mk to Mk?
In-Reply-To: <199901292303.PAA74817@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> from Satoshi Asami at "Jan 29, 1999  3: 3:52 pm"
To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:10:15 -0800 (PST)
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Satoshi Asami wrote:
>  * From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
>  * Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:56:14 -0800 (PST)
>  * 
>  * Can someone explain the rationale for moving *.port.mk files
>  * to ${PORTSDIR}/Mk?
>  * 
>  * The Makefiles under the FreeBSD src tree do not include a target
>  * to update these files.   There appears to be no way to have these
>  * files updated with a "make world".
> 
> That's the way it's supposed to be.  The port .mk files are supposed
> to be synchronized more with the ports tree, not the source tree.  If
> you cvsup ports, then they will be updated automatically.

This seems logical in that ports and src are differnt moving targets.

> By the way, anyone out there who's cvsupping ports *and* not getting
> the Mk files -- add "ports-base" to your cvsupfile, that is one
> collection you definitely don't want to miss as it includes all the
> toplevel files.

But, ports-base includes a lot of stuff that a normal user does not
need to either build a port or start a new porting effort.  You
only need the files under Mk.

ports-Mk?

-- 
Steve

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