Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 19:57:52 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to abandon recursive pulling of dependencies? Message-ID: <20070512175752.GA25786@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <20070512174011.GA22526@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <464597C6.3030406@gmx.de> <20070512174011.GA22526@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Le Sam 12 mai 07 à 19:40:11 +0200, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> écrivait : > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:32:38PM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > > With Xorg updated to 7.2 many ports take much longer to register than to download, build and install. I think it's time to abandon the recursive pulling in of dependencies. > > I think that before you abandon something you should first understand > it. Figure out what is taking so long to register the port and then > work out whether it can be optimized. Moreover, there are plans to revise /var/db/pkg structure: see <http://wiki.freebsd.org/GarrettCooper>. -- Th. Thomas.
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