Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 22:45:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports INDEX browser update Message-ID: <199612031215.WAA10358@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <5752.849612462@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Dec 3, 96 03:27:42 am"
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Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > It's cute, but not extremely useful until you add three more buttons: > > build install clean Oh gee, he doesn't want much, does he? 8) I bet you want more than "spawn an xterm with 'make foo' in it" too, don't you? > Then it will truly be a ports collection browser to recon with. :-) No, then it will be a ports collection frontend, and my brain will be _true_ spaghetti. But it is a worthwhile goal, so I'll see what I can do 8) Speaking of 'clean', is it desired behaviour for 'clean' to purge all ports that are prequisites for a given port? That's a real pain for something like 'apsfilter' which depend on half the known universe 8( > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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