Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:30:01 -0800 (PST) From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] Re: ports/32321: x11/kdelibs2 installs print cups, which then causes problem Message-ID: <200111291530.fATFU1B20390@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/32321; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: James Halstead <jah4007@cs.rit.edu> Cc: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>, Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, kde-freebsd@lists.csociety.org, gad@freebsd.org, kde@freebsd.org, leimbacd@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] Re: ports/32321: x11/kdelibs2 installs print cups, which then causes problem Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:24:29 -0500 On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 09:17:49AM -0500, James Halstead wrote: > I would not be against moving what is the print/cups port to a new cups-base > port, keeping my new cups-bin port (as another name) then having the current > cups port be a meta port which installs both. > > This way, anybody installing 'cups' will DTRT and will be basically the same > as before, and people that just need to build and link against cups, can do > so without harming things by using cups-base. That way everybody can be happy > ;P. This will be a simple change against the current newcups-2 state of > things. Sounds good to me. :-) > The only difference about this way and the current way will be that anybody > depending on cups will have to change it to cups-base. Why? If you change cups to a metaport it shouldn't be any different from the old way. > I will make the change and upload it, after I get home from work today. Thanks. -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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