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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:38:44 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Subject:   Re: ports.conf
Message-ID:  <20010823143844.A18197@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010824001737.B1714@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@ringlet.net on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:17:37AM %2B0300
References:  <20010823210729.A95484@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.d> <20010823135941.B4003@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010824001737.B1714@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:17:37AM +0300, Peter Pentchev 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/.

How are you suggesting ports.conf get into /etc?  A `make world' cannot
depend on having a populated /usr/ports/Mk.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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