Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 01:02:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Allan Bowhill <kosmos@animal.blarg.net> To: Doug@gorean.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/12907: COMPAT22=YES isn't default in make.conf, Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990801010117.26127A-100000@animal.blarg.net>
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> Wow... you really like to press your point, don't you? :) > > kosmos@blarg.net wrote: > > > Since this impedes the installation of an important piece of software, > > it should be regarded as a serious ergonomic problem. > > There is no way that you can convince anyone here that netscape is > "important." Freebsd is mostly a server OS, and even for those who use it > for workstation purposes netscape is often not installed. Convenient, nice > to have, yes. Important, no. > This is a fundamental philisophical question. It's a bit like saying the idea of having a radio in a car or truck is not important. Anyway I don't expect COMPAT22 to be installed by default for STABLE. But how will this be handled in the next point release, when a user tries to install Netscape from ports on a FreeBSD cdrom? As a worksround, is there any way to build the COMPAT22 a.out libs manually as a dependency to Netscape without rebuilding the entire OS? Thanks for your replies... --Allan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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