Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 02:50:05 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?) Message-ID: <20000502025005.D3832@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <20000501221703.A73550@mithrandr.moria.org>; from nbm@mithrandr.moria.org on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:17:03PM %2B0200 References: <009b01bfb389$96546cf0$b8209fc0@marlowe> <20000501101044.F24573@fw.wintelcom.net> <00b901bfb38f$e4625cd0$b8209fc0@marlowe> <20000501105116.B32172@ccsales.com> <20000501113038.I24573@fw.wintelcom.net> <20000501234432.A2998@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000501150045.A391@argon.blackdawn.com> <20000502004233.A3681@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <390DDE5F.69E94C2C@rochester.rr.com> <20000501221703.A73550@mithrandr.moria.org>
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> > It would be nice when installing ports that, the user be given some > > choices if there are different options avail. It would avoid having to > > interrupt the build process and re-making. > > Something like portconf: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nbm/portconf/ ? > > portconf is a mechanism to provide a tool with information about what > options a port understands. It's based on the apache13-php3 build, and > could theoretically be used in friendly ports installers, like the > gtk/ncurses front-ended one I wrote to accompany portconf. Description/screenshot look nice. Yes, something like that would be great. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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