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Date:      Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:29:38 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rrzc1.rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Size of a port... 
Message-ID:  <199806180659.QAA16281@cain.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:55:12 %2B0200." <Pine.SOL.3.90.980618085251.26102A-100000@rrzc6> 

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> > can go 'tell me how much space it will use to install this' - Which would 
> > depend on wether it used libraries etc..
> Hum, that's a bit trickier... you'd have to check if the libs are already 
> installed.
Heh, yeah.. The current ports system can do that.. 
ie you go (in your port Makefile) If this library/binary isn't installed make 
this port..
Of course we could get RPM and start there, since it has lots of the features 
we want already.. 

> > *that* would rock =)
> Yup... send me your diffs .-)
Heheh :) Yeah.. I plead sanity.. ie I'm not insane enough to know make that 
well ;) 

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|http://www.gsoft.com.au                                            |
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