From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 04:31:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B66116A4D1 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:31:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C8B43D1D for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:31:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from pd2mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr7so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.10])2003))freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:31:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml7so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.151]) by pd2mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I0G0038GSKYOUD0@pd2mr7so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:31:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.233.42]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0G00M6XSKW1R@l-daemon> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:31:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:30:17 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <20040707041220.GA35497@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca (Unverified) To: Steve Kargl Message-id: <6.1.0.6.1.20040706212904.03d4fe00@popserver.sfu.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20040707031735.GA3540@frontfree.net> <20040707041220.GA35497@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 04:31:47 -0000 At 21:12 06/07/2004, Steve Kargl wrote: >Is it really too hard to do > 1) pkgadd -r cvsup > 2) or use sysinstall to install cvsup > 3) or portinstall cvsup > 4) or cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup && make install cvsup isn't the problem. ezm3 is the problem. This is one of the unusual cases where it's easier to port the program to a new language than it is to port the language to a new platform. :-) Colin Percival