Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 23:17:07 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Cc: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>, "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, rbeyer@rossbeyer.net, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: package tools into ports/ (was: Re: Bzipped?) Message-ID: <3D7445D3.DAA2C9B9@softweyr.com> References: <20020901142653.A32415@capable.rogards.com> <20020901191937.GI87971@leviathan.inethouston.net> <20020902103215.36ae8e3b.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20020902085654.GH2072@procyon.firepipe.net>
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Will Andrews wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:32:15AM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> > actually this would be a much smaller mess if we had the package tools
> > (with source) in the ports tree. best with auto-update...
> > do we want to do this?
> > (x-posting to arch@)
>
> Yes we do. I plan to do this within the next week or so.
OK, how do you install the package tools package onto the system if it
doesn't come with package tools?
Please note that I'm all for having the package tools in ports, because it
will make the one last feature I want to add to them ever so much easier
to build, but we do have to fix this chicken vs. egg probem first.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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