Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 10:56:39 -0500 (EST) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Style for patching / new bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960326104710.3972A-100000@nexis.net> In-Reply-To: <199603260827.AAA08364@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Satoshi Asami wrote: > What wicked program it is anyway to have "/usr/lib/X11" all over the > place? Haven't they heard about imake? ;) He does use imake, but wraps it in a shell script. This is a first release of his program, so I didn't want to play with his installation routine too much. I could bypass the shell script and put more into his Imakefile that he currently has, but then I'm making more modifications to the port than are really necessary to get it into FreeBSD. The point is, after all, to port software, not redevelop it because the installation isn't as efficient as it could be. This is the author's first release, so I assume he'll be fixing up the cosmetics of the install after he has improved the core program some more. If not, then I'll ask him if he minds me making that many changes to his work. For now though, I'd like to keep with his documented method of installation. It's slightly messy, but it works. -- j.
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