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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:43:54 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
Cc:        Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: where are the README.html files in ports when cvs?
Message-ID:  <19990621004354.F23254@futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990620043724.14320a-100000@cygnus.rush.net>; from Alfred Perlstein on Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 04:38:54AM -0500
References:  <19990619151452.B381@norn.ca.eu.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990620043724.14320a-100000@cygnus.rush.net>

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On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 04:38:54AM -0500, a little birdie told me
that Alfred Perlstein remarked
> On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 03:11:51PM -0700, Chris Piazza wrote:
> > 
> > Are there many ports that don't build well with -jn, ie. is this worth
> > the trouble? :)
> 
> Tons of programs out there aren't make -jn safe.  It seems that lately
> things have gotten better, but even lynx-ssl won't compile sometimes
> with a -jn.

I would give my left arm for XFree86 to be -j'able.  (I practically
knawed it off waiting last time I built X anyway, so it's no big loss).
Am I the only one who finds it offensive (or at least ironic) that a
windowing system takes longer to build than the entire OS?



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