Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 23:35:28 +0200 From: "Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke" <damaker@fillibach.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: General issues with the ports system Message-ID: <opsaooxejvdvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de>
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Hello! I have some questions about the FreeBSD ports system. I did not find any further "real" documentation other than the FreeBSD handbook and the porters guide, so I guess I'll just ask you guys. a) Is it possible to "downgrade" ports? Theoretically, it should be possible given that the ports dir is a cvs tree. Is there any non- painful way? b) Is it possible to use & install ports without having a ports tree? I know that it's not, but other than the directory for the single port (multimedia/mplayer for example) and the distfile directory, is there anything more that is needed by it? Could one, with some not too major changes, get rid of the big big ports tree? c) What issues do you have with the FreeBSD ports system? What features are you missing? Don't get me wrong, this isn't really a complaint. I love the way it is unbelievably easy to compile&install software on FreeBSD. These things are just what I thought could be improved, maybe. And before I'm trying it on my own (maybe... *g*), I guess it couldn't hurt to ask. cya, Kosta
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