Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:33:23 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: final call: VERSION variable Message-ID: <20000330193323.B7713@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <20000330172649.C14845@lovett.com>; from ade@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 05:26:49PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003292033520.32828-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <vqcu2ho4p6h.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000330172649.C14845@lovett.com>
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 05:26:49PM -0600, Ade Lovett wrote:
> Gah! How on earth are we going to implement that?
for i in `cat ${PKGDIR}/PLIST`; do
${LN} -sf ${OPTDIR}/${PKGNAME}/${i} ${PREFIX}/${i}
done
[ This is a little crude, but it's the general method that would be used. ]
> Also, we've been talking about reducing the number of inodes in
> the port skeletons, whereas this will (at least) double the number
> of them for installed programs.
This has nothing to do with the number of inodes that port skeletons take
up. IIRC, however, symlinks do not take up inodes, so using a symlink
system would not affect the number of inodes used by an installed port.
--
Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
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