Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:43:47 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Michael Haro <mharo@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: linux port category Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002131742490.23833-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <20000213144040.A43802@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Michael Haro wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 06:20:38PM -0800, Chris Piazza wrote: > > > > Hmm.. This port would be greatly simplified if we had something like > > a linux ports category where linux libraries could be installed from. > > > > Does anyone think this would be a good idea? Are we going to have > > enough linux binary ports to make this worth it? > > I was thinking about this yesterday as well. I was also thinking of > possibly prepending linux ports with `lnx-' or something to show that > this is the linux version of port xyz. Seeing as we have both freebsd-native and linux versions of netscape, and it's hard to tell the difference, using a Linux category for them would be a good thing to do for clarity, also. > > Michael > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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