Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 03:16:23 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Studded <Studded@san.rr.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How about /usr/ports/kernel ? Message-ID: <19980601031623.27330@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <3571F2D2.684F8F26@san.rr.com>; from Studded on Sun, May 31, 1998 at 05:16:18PM -0700 References: <199805301346.PAA29505@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <3571F2D2.684F8F26@san.rr.com>
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On Sun, May 31, 1998 at 05:16:18PM -0700, Studded wrote: > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > > Just looking backward, i realize that i am doing a lot of work > > on the kernel, and so are others. So, how about adding a new port > > category, /usr/ports/kernel, where one can find various kernel > > enhancements etc which for any reason did not find their way in the > > main source tree ? > > I like this idea a lot personally. However I proposed the idea of a > port for something not too long ago (cam, softupdates... something like > that) and was told flat out that it could not be done. I hope whoever > told me that was wrong. :) It depend on what the code does and how it does it. There are some things that are easily portable between versions, and some things that just about aren't possible at all. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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