Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 18:51:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] NO_INSTALL in meta-ports considered harmful Message-ID: <gu77mu$lmi$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <gu718o$v5l$1@ger.gmane.org> <4ad871310905101008n73d26145h3d81914925aab965@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 10 May 2009 13:08:56 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > I'm not sure if this is the 'right answer', but NO_INSTALL allows the > proper installation of numerous ports from one location (the meta-port). > An example of this is the misc/instant-server port (though > unmaintained, IIRC). > > If you remove the NO_INSTALL line from the Makefile, 'make' thinks > misc/instant-server should be installed, rather than the collection of > ports it is intended to install. They will be installed since they are run dependencies. > > Again, this is my interpretation of it. If I'm wrong, I gladly accept > corrections to my thinking. :)
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