Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:30:27 +0100 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, tim@bishnet.net Subject: Re: misc/dnetc and compat Message-ID: <1130668227.12540.2.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510291752t7de2c843m4254626606fc3b5e@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb5206420510291341s2ad196b7gdf28cbda351ea847@mail.gmail.com> <1130618836.50254.7.camel@localhost> <cb5206420510291749j6c7af4c2h196de45956f250bc@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510291752t7de2c843m4254626606fc3b5e@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-Zo7OH0u1LUe+pVQI+9jc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andrew P. p=ED=B9e v ne 30. 10. 2005 v 03:52 +0300: > On 10/30/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/29/05, Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Andrew P. p=ED=B9e v ne 30. 10. 2005 v 00:41 +0400: > > > > There's a situation with misc/dnetc. > > > > > > > > It is a closed-source port, compiled for 4.11. Those > > > > who wish to run it on 5.x must have > > > > COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option compiled in their kernel, > > > > otherwise they'll get a bad syscall and a core dump. > > > > > > > > Some time ago I filed a bug report for that > > > > (http://bugs.distributed.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3875) > > > > and a developer compiled a version for 5.x. It is > > > > available from this page: > > > > > > > > http://distributed.net/download/prerelease.php > > > > http://http.distributed.net/pub/dcti/prerelease/rc/dnetc496-freebsd= 5-x86-elf.tar.gz > > > > ftp://ftp.distributed.net/pub/dcti/prerelease/rc/dnetc496-freebsd5-= x86-elf.tar.gz > > > > > > > > Therefore, to use these compiled binaries, we can: > > > > > > > > * install it automatically for 5.3 or higher > > > > * introduce some option for it > > > > * introduce a new port, something like dnetc-devel > > > > > > > > Personally, I like the first option. > > > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > Yes, modify the port to install one binary on 4.X and another on 5.X/= 6.X > > While we're still here, can I consolidate all the distinfo > > files into one nice distinfo? Distfiles all have different > > names anyway. It's a matter of preference, I don't mind staying per-arch, you can execute "make makesum" on them this way. > > Also, files/INFO is almost identical to pkg-descr > > and I don't see a need for it. It's getting installed into ${PREFIX}/distributed.net in do-install: target. You would need to ask maintainer for the idea behind this. --=20 Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> Why did the stoplight turn red? You would too, if you had to change in front of all those people. --=-Zo7OH0u1LUe+pVQI+9jc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDZKDCntdYP8FOsoIRAjFMAJ9AqGHV/K8LjkUo4Twk45Fv7R9fJACfXbNx 2A1jGIWmpStPUJK1iSAN2pg= =u5gs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Zo7OH0u1LUe+pVQI+9jc--
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