Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 01:09:49 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/expect/scripts configure Message-ID: <18504.823856989@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Feb 1996 00:43:49 PST." <199602090843.AAA11612@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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> (Moved over from "committers") > > * > * Thanks - if you haven't already, I'll update tk4 to do the same thing . > * > > * > Ah, I just saw your change -- so that was the same problem. Gawd, > * > didn't know tk4 requires tcl74 headers. Are tclX/tclX74's problems > * > the same too? > * > * Yep! > > Ok. Do you know exactly which headers are required by them? I'll see > if it's feasible to install them via a post-install target or > something. > > Satoshi Wait, what? You want to install TCL internal header files to /usr/local someplace? Aieee! No, that's not really a good idea. The contents of files such as tclInt.h and friends are not part of the published interface and they should most definitely not go into a public location where others might be tempted to use them. The fact that certain packages require incestuous knowledge of TCL's private places is an evil thing, but at least it's relatively contained evil. Remember The Exorcist: It was his job to contain the evil and drive it back, not feed it. You, Satoshi, are The Exorcist of the ports collection and it's your job to keep evil at bay! Yeah, if we can just ignore for a moment the fact that the Evil managed to kill the good guy at the end of The Exorcist, that's not a bad analogy.. :-) Jordan
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