Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 20:36:30 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@current1.whistle.com>, GNATS Management <gnats@freefall.freebsd.org>, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1643: Support for NetBSD in bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <9305.843158190@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:07:05 PDT." <199609191607.JAA05817@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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In message <199609191607.JAA05817@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>, Jason Thorpe writes: >Well, most NetBSD'ers I talked to objected to the name "ports", since in >the NetBSD world, a "port" is then the kernel is made to run on a new >platform :-) but, but, but.. that's an "architecture"... :-) >Hence the run-time decision in the Makefile ... FreeBSD can keep the name >they like, and NetBSD can use the name that like.. Everyone's happy :-) > >Is that really the only sticking point in the changes being accepted? You know, we don't really have any problems with this, why should we ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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