Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:07:42 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@magnesium.net> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger <netchild@freebsd.org>, Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports CHANGES UPDATING ports/Mk bsd.port.mk ports/accessibility/linux-atk Makefile pkg-plist ports/archivers/stuffit Makefile ports/astro/linux-setiathome Makefile ports/audio/baudline Makefile ports/audio/linux-arts ... Message-ID: <20050627170742.GC55113@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <42BDF3D9.6000803@magnesium.net> References: <200506172259.j5HMxTad068378@repoman.freebsd.org> <200506251924.24269.lofi@freebsd.org> <42BDF3D9.6000803@magnesium.net>
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On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 05:16:25PM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote: > Michael Nottebrock wrote: > >On Saturday, 18. June 2005 00:59, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> - Use the correct prefix (X11- instead of LOCAL- or LINUX-) for some > >>ports. Chase dependencies for this. > > > >I know I'm late to the party, but I'm really wondering what that is meant > >to accomplish. > > > >X_PREFIX is *not* the 'correct' prefix for *anything* but the X11 > >distribution - the fact that there's a truckload of other stuff in there > >is an age-old bug. We *should* be moving stuff *out* of X_PREFIX en masse, > >but I know how likely that is to happen. We *really should NOT*, however, > >keep putting *new* stuff in there. > > lofi - > > You're kindof beating a dead horse here. Many, many people agree with > you here, and the topic received widespread support when I brought it up > at the BSCan ports BoF. The issue isn't whether stuff should go into > LOCALBASE instead of X11BASE, it's how to deploy a mass migration. Then please update hier(7) - it is quite ambiguous after seeing how Michael Nottebrock is interrupting it. I am a native English speaker/writer/reader and I read hier(7) the same as Alexander Leidinger. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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