Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:19:47 -0600 From: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: Martin <nakal@web.de> Subject: Re: Second "RFC" on pkg-data idea for ports Message-ID: <20040414131949.3A56E43D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <xzp1xmq90gk.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <p0602040cbca10a7dbe52@[128.113.24.47]> <20040413121925.GB29867@voodoo.oberon.net> <p0602041abca1e49dde40@[128.113.24.47]> <407C4035.8020609@ciam.ru> <p0602041fbca1ff481e60@[128.113.24.47]> <1081896823.772.58.camel@klotz.local> <xzp1xmq90gk.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:02:35 +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Martin <nakal@web.de> writes: > > I would personally like it to use XML. I'm developing a small > > application which is a kind of GUI for ports (works like a > > browser). It is very difficult to parse the Makefiles to find > > out which version number and which dependencies it has. Some > > versions (like KDE3) are just variables and I don't have an > > idea how to fetch them yet. >=20 > make -V >=20 I use make -V a lot, and it's slow (every time you run it, make has to reread all the bsd.*.mk files, such as bsd.port.mk). The speed isn't much of an issue when you only do one or two ports, but when you are examining the entire ports collection, you notice.=20 That said, I'd still rather use a makefile based ports system anyway. --=20 Robin Schoonover (aka End) # # Actual newspaper headline: Include your Children when Baking Cookies #
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