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Date:      Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:58:28 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Alexander Leidinger" <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Non-daemon programs requiring kernel modules
Message-ID:  <cb5206420701281058r4232ad35xfddfc4f29c6ff8ca@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070128193804.5b2e09ba@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
References:  <cb5206420701280735o6c916639ufbbc941f0927f4c8@mail.gmail.com> <20070128193804.5b2e09ba@Magellan.Leidinger.net>

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On 1/28/07, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
> Quoting "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org> (Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:35:30 +0300):
>
> > I'm porting a simple util requiring aio(4). My plan is
> > to install a wrapper script which includes rc.subr(8)
> > and uses its required_modules mechanism.
> >
> > If anyone has a better idea, please tell me.
>
> Just tell at port/package install time the requirement. Every linux
> program needs the linux module or the corresponding kernel option. If
> the code is not available at runtime, the user will get an error. Unix
> is not for dumb people, so I don't think we need this low-level
> hand-holding.

That's one opinion. But Unix is also not about dumb
developers. As a ports developer, my job is to make
it easier for users to run third-party software and
that's just what I'm trying to do to the extent of
my skills and motivation...



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