From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Sep 15 2:22: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5766037B400 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 02:22:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (port757.uc1-esp.isdn-lan.cybercity.dk [212.242.98.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FAF443E4A for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 02:22:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g8F9LwBQ077586 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 11:21:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: expat2 in /src From: Poul-Henning Kamp Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 11:21:57 +0200 Message-ID: <77582.1032081717@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I need to import expat2 into /src to get some basic XML reading capability, and expat2 being both small and good fits this slot. The (potential) trouble is, thereare some 1277 dependencies on expat2 in the ports tree (according to INDEX). So the simple question for the ports crew is, which option is better: A) Import it so it shows up in /usr/lib and /usr/include as the official expat2, and have the ports pick up this copy through configure. B) Import it so it shows up as something different ("libxmlthing") from expat2, leaving the ports to continue to use ports/textproc/expat2 since configure will not trigger on it. For the programs in /src which will need this, it makes no difference which of the two we choose. I like the fact that B) would decouple us from any version-issues like the ones we experienced with perl. On the other hand, I wonder if the exposure to such problems is an issue with expat2, but 1227 is a "large number of ports" in my book. I'm not on ports@, so if somebody could please mail me the outcome of whatever decision making process you intend to employ... Thanks in advance! Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message