Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 02:13:47 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DRAFT: ports.7 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128021040.641A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199801280706.RAA10301@cain.gsoft.com.au>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > It works because you have the whole ports tree expanded into
> > PORTSDIR on your computer. It's the people who download a single
> > port that have to check the dependencies themselves, otherwise
> > the build will continue along merrily until it fails due to a
> > missing dependency.
>
> Ewww, that *is* bad...
Well, the only thing that could be changed would be to make a
failed dependency fatal, which might not be a bad idea, since I
know a missed dependency has bitten me before, and it has caused
me to spend time answering questions that otherwise could have
been avoided.
> Yes, but since wget, netscape, and lynx all use {http,ftp}_proxy, I think
> changing fetch wouldn't hurt too bad..
But soon we'll be able to fix netscape! :) Hmm... You are
right, though.
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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