Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:36:27 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org 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: <20071222133627.46o3d8fxc0sko0w0@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20071220163402.GB46470@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200712192019.lBJKJtvv016644@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071220092355.rpm2kstwu88c4k88@webmail.leidinger.net> <20071220163402.GB46470@dragon.NUXI.org>
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Quoting David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> (from Thu, 20 Dec 2007 =20 08:34:02 -0800): > 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. This is only true if you want to add it by hand, instead of letting =20 the pkg tools tell you which one to download. What I would like to =20 know is, if you are adding it by hand and then using a linux program =20 which is not available as a port, or if you install a linux program =20 from ports/pkg by installing all the prerequisite by hand. I'm asking this, because normally it doesn't make sense to install =20 linux programs as packages. The ports download binary files anyway, =20 and there's no compiling or some other time consuming operation =20 happening. The time spent to install a port is more or less the same a =20 the time spend installing a pacakge. I know that some systems don't =20 have /usr/ports, and I see the benefit of packages there, but I want =20 to understand the problem behind this commit. For programs in our =20 ports collection, you should get told which is the right linux base to =20 install (if missing prerequisites are not installed recursively). The =20 remaining case I'm aware of is when you want to use a program which is =20 not available from ports, the best thing to do would be to do a =20 (local) port of this program. In most of the cases installing a linux base by hand is the wrong =20 thing to do. And as such I want to know the reasons behind this =20 commit, maybe we need to add some docs to the linux part of the =20 handbook. Bye, Alexander. --=20 %DCL-E-MEMBAD, bad memory -SYSTEM-F-VMSPDGERS, pudding between the ears http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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