From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Mar 31 20:16:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA04512 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bachue.usc.unal.edu.co ([168.176.3.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA04502 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:16:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from giffunip@asme.org) Received: from giffuni.usc.unal.edu.co ([168.176.3.32]) by bachue.usc.unal.edu.co (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with SMTP id AAA9591; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:20:00 +0500 Message-ID: <3521BF9A.167EB0E7@asme.org> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:16:26 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" Organization: U. Nacional de Colombia X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org CC: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yest one more: devel/crosssco References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Simon ; You didn't get the message: you can count on ports and packages, but you should NOT count on -current unless you are ready to fix it yourself. Use -stable or stay with the latest release. Pedro. Simon Shapiro wrote: > ... > > I am not looking for ``stability''. I was looking to build the ports. > My evaluation is (and you do not have to agree) that this process is > fragile, at places self-contradictory, and not anywhere near where make > world, or make release are. I'll recommend to my client to not count on > building their packages directory at this time, but purchase/download it. > > .. > You didn't get the message Simon: you can count on ports and packages, but you should NOT count on current unless you are ready to fix it yourself. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message