Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:38:32 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Cc:arch@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Subject: Re: ports.conf Message-ID: <15237.37880.802441.215728@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010823143844.A18197@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20010823210729.A95484@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d> <20010823135941.B4003@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010824001737.B1714@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010823143844.A18197@dragon.nuxi.com>
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> > I think he meant 'maintained in the ports/ tree' just as make.conf > > is 'maintained in the src/ tree', that is, there is a src/etc/make.conf > > file with evolving defaults. Yes, ports.conf should probably live > > in /etc or some such place, but I, too, think that it should be > > maintained in the ports tree, quite possibly in ports/Mk/. > > How are you suggesting ports.conf get into /etc? A `make world' cannot > depend on having a populated /usr/ports/Mk. 'make world' doesn't/shouldn't use anything in /usr/ports/Mk, since make world only builds sources in /usr/src. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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