Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:34:40 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: patl@asimov.volant.org Cc: gryphon@healer.com, jmb@kryten.atinc.com, peter@taronga.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <9509261334.AA14875@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <9509260523.AA29884@asimov.volant.org> (patl@asimov.volant.org)
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>>>>> "Pat" == patl <patl@asimov.volant.org> writes:
Pat> Bzzzzttttt. Wrong. The sequence number can be static -
Pat> built in when the package was built. It is the same for all
Pat> systems.
And thereby requiring anyone who's built a package to register with
the czar of sequence numbers to prevent conflicts? I don't like it:
If I were a commercial software developer considering doing a FreeBSD
port of some tool or other, having to do this is one additional
step is one additional headache I'd rather not have.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
Is it weird in here, or is it just me? -- Steven Wright
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