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Date:      Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:34:02 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4 Makefile
Message-ID:  <20071220163402.GB46470@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071220092355.rpm2kstwu88c4k88@webmail.leidinger.net>
References:  <200712192019.lBJKJtvv016644@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071220092355.rpm2kstwu88c4k88@webmail.leidinger.net>

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On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 09:23:55AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>>   Also set LATEST_LINK so 'pkg_add -r linux_base' works.
> 
> I'm indifferent between "good idea" and "I don't care": Why do you want
> to do such a pkg_add?  Shouldn't "pkg_add -r <app>" do the right thing
> (add the right linux_base or tell what the right linux_base is)?

This change does make it so one can add the right linux_base.  Without
it, one must go churning thru /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk to figure out
what specific distro is the right app.



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