Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:10:11 -0400 From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> To: "Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke" <damaker@fillibach.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General issues with the ports system Message-ID: <20040707141011.458bc92b@localhost> In-Reply-To: <opsar1k6xvdvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de> References: <opsaooxejvdvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de> <75f3f7050407051920313d8f1a@mail.gmail.com> <opsar1k6xvdvpa9u@auth.smtp.kundenserver.de>
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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:01:44 +0200 "Konstantin 'Kosta' Welke" <damaker@fillibach.de> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:20:21 -0700, Roop Nanuwa <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> b) Is it possible to use & install ports without having a ports tree? > > > You will need the ports-base in addition to the directory for the port > > itself to compile any ports yourself. > > Yeah, that seems pretty logical. > > > Also, realize that most ports > > have dependencies that will need to be satisfied if you wish to > > compile them. Those will also have to be present. > > Sure. I guess the main problem with the "use cvs to get only the > portsdir you want" problem is that *IF* there is an unsatisfied > dependency, it can't `cd` to the right directory. This is the > tricky part :) Maybe its covered in 'BSD Hacks'... > > > If you want to trim down the unnecessary parts of the ports > > tree, look into using the 'refuse' file in the cvsup man page. I'd > > say that's a much better way to go about it. keep in mind that, if you decide to sup only a portion of the ports tree, you *will* run into problems with INDEX builds, which will in turn adversely affect the usability of several of the port management tools (the portupgrade suite for one). > Sure. And the portsclean utility is pretty nice, too. Much much > better than `cd /usr/ports && make clean`... > > Still, my /usr/ports about 260 megs (without distfiles), which should > be okay for just about any computer these days :) > > cya, > Kosta > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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