From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 22 23:34:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E29B1065675 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 23:34:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from aegis.hamla.org (aegis.hamla.org [206.251.255.39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED93A8FC16 for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 23:34:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aegis.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FE05C4E for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :mime-version:references:reply-to:message-id:subject:from:date :received:received:received:x-virus-scanned; s=aegis; t= 1243035342; bh=bG9FmzVq2NTz9CnczcE7JezVPayOBGUPaAs0xneYQkQ=; b=o Mz49pQr65HLDDHw0oDcuGybVwrxEgZKZejDI8Z7VCO55+vZLXSHRjltLchSQCVBg HIHVh3SQ4lKpnVjVOEKFEMQwsGbohrajwLVtDwDsyDxyKkxN5SEBuAfK/KMITZBR XTWOGgN+YsgKG0/XeVzIL9UpFFkaB1llJ7n1tcRkyA= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at aegis.hamla.org Received: from aegis.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aegis.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id 2PI+L3EwCJvO for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from shepherd.hamla.org (cpe-66-108-70-184.nyc.res.rr.com [66.108.70.184]) by aegis.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A94A35C4C for ; Fri, 22 May 2009 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: by shepherd.hamla.org (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4158319AD3AB; Fri, 22 May 2009 19:34:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 19:34:24 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090522233423.GA27203@shepherd.hamla.org> References: <4d7dd86f0905221459t5fd1c5afyeb52eca42b9ad0c2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d7dd86f0905221459t5fd1c5afyeb52eca42b9ad0c2@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Subject: Re: Policy on hard coded paths? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 23:34:26 -0000 On Sat, 23 May 2009, David N wrote: > I'm currently very interested in Zimbra, but unfortunately the > developers decided on a "Fat Package" approach so everything is > bundled directly into the source. It also has its path hard coded into > /opt/zimbra. > > If someone manages to create a patch for it to be compiled and running > successfully on FreeBSD. Does it have a chance to be included into the > Ports tree even though its path is hard coded? It has a chance. And it would likely be patched to circumvent the hard-coding, and comply as much as possible with hier(7). -- Sahil Tandon