Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:36:06 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, ports@FreeBSD.org, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports.conf Message-ID: <20010824003606.D1714@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010823143235.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 02:32:35PM -0700 References: <20010824001737.B1714@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <XFMail.010823143235.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 02:32:35PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 23-Aug-01 Peter Pentchev wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 01:59:41PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 09:07:29PM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > >> > This ports.conf should probably maintained somewhere in the ports/ tree > >> > instead. > >> > >> I disagree. I use a common NFS mounted /usr/ports to build stuff, but > >> each machine is different. On some I have the commercial Motif, on > >> others I want NOPORTSDOC=true to save space. > > > > I do believe this does not conflict with what Alex wrote. > > 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/. > > Erm, how does it get installed then? :) I think what you want is this perhaps: > > /usr/ports/Mk/ports.conf > /etc/ports.conf > > instead of > > /etc/defaults/ports.conf > /etc/ports.conf Yeah, I wondered about installation myself, just after I fired off the previous message :) Yes, /usr/ports/Mk/ports.conf overridable by /etc/ports.conf sounds like just the thing! G'luck, Peter -- I am the thought you are now thinking. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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