Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:17:45 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DRAFT: ports.7 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980127211106.28748A-100000@james.hwcn.org> In-Reply-To: <199801272333.KAA05822@cain.gsoft.com.au>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > application source code compile and run on BSD. Installing an > > > application is as simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing > > > make in the port directory. The Makefile automatically fetches the > > > > This isn't actually true. If you do this and there are any > > dependencies, you will have to be aware of the dependencies. > > It is, because it will automatically compile the dependencies as well... Only if you remembered to download those ports (pkg_add tries to be a little bit smarter about dependency fetching, incidentally). If bsd.port.mk can't find the portdir, it will go on happily compiling your port until it fails due to a missing dependency. [This is probably a bad thing --- it should abort on a failed dependency, since dependencies are, well, dependencies] If you are going to download individual ports, you have to worry about the dependencies. > > How likely is it that anyone will need to change FETCH_CMD? How [...] > > Well, *I* do :) Well, I guess that answers my question. :) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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