Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 14:07:21 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970517140623.1036D-100000@nexis.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970517204613.16511A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 17 May 1997, Narvi wrote: > No! No! NO! > > Yes, it would be great. But I didn't mean something as complex. > > What I meant is just keeping a copy of the bsd.port.mk file in the "root" > directory of the ports (which for some people is /usr/ports). > > It would make it real easy for people to copy it over to the right place > (/usr/share/mk) or make /usr/share/mk/bsd.ports.mk a link to the one in > the directory they sup/cvsup ports to. That makes sense. Basically, so that when someone says "It doesn't work!" we can say "Copy /usr/ports/bsd.port.mk over to /usr/share/mk" instead of "Well, you have to learn how to CVsup so that you can get a newer copy of bsd.port.mk". Works for me. -- j.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.95q.970517140623.1036D-100000>