Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:06:15 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: ac199@hwcn.org Cc: Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Concurrent package making allowed? Message-ID: <19980627120615.53392@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626141506.22342A-100000@ppp6412.on.bellglobal.com>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 02:16:24PM -0400 References: <199806260907.LAA05800@semyam.dinoco.de> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626141506.22342A-100000@ppp6412.on.bellglobal.com>
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On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 02:16:24PM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Stefan Eggers wrote:
>
> > field to the INDEX w/o too much work. So if that works I will change
> > them to merge the INDEX in /usr/ports and my size information with a
> > little bit of awk code.
>
> Oh-uh. I sense a whole new INDEX file coming on. Are there
> fields that we could even remotely want to add while the format
> is being changed?
I have a problem, but I'm not sure whether adding a field for it is the
ideal solution. When installing ports to a system not capable of running
X it is often difficult to know whether that port requires X before a
long expensive and frustratingly useless download. They aren't all
identified by their categories or path in INDEX (e.g. most of those
listed under audio, some games, and graphics).
Apologies if I've missed something obvious here.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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