Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:03:18 -0600 From: Jeremy Norris <ishmael27@home.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4 Port Message-ID: <20001219040318.B7935@babylon.merseine.nu> In-Reply-To: <xzp8zpczrs5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:25:46AM %2B0100 References: <20001217004251.A47353@external.org> <xzppuiqyoib.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20001218134601.A5634@FreeBSD.org> <xzp8zpczrs5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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What about doing the following in each of the XFree86-4-subports:
MASTERDIR=${PORTSDIR}/x11/XFree86-4
WRKDIR=${MASTERDIR}/work
Then make XFree86-4 like other meta-ports, except have it fetch the distfiles.
Thus all the XFree86-4-subports could share the same working directory, no?
Jeremy
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:25:46AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > The real solution is for x11/XFree86-4 to be completely gutted and
> > turned into a meta-port, depending on all of the other XFree86-4
> > components.
>
> No.
>
> > This was the original goal, and I have no idea (nor does it cease
> > to amaze me) why it hasn't been done.
>
> Because until XFree86 get a grip and start distributing their sources
> in a more reasonable format, each of the subports would need to unpack
> the entire 200-megabyte XFree86 source code and build significant
> portions of it - and if you have five subports, you end up with five
> copies of the source code (totalling one gigabyte!) plus assorted
> binaries before you get the chance to 'make clean'.
>
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
>
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