Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 02:12:55 -0700 From: "Jason Nordwick" <nordwick@xcf.berkeley.edu> To: <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: A few ports/pkg_* questions. Message-ID: <008d01bdf040$570af130$283c1c26@yasmeen.citycom.com>
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After using FreeBSD for a while and loving the ports collections, I had a
few questions why things are done the way they are:
1) Why is /usr/ports so flat? It is basically
/usr/ports/<category>/<program>. This was fine when the number was low, but
now after a few thousand, this is getting kinda hard to lookat. Instead of
having all /usr/ports/x11-{,clocks,fm,fonts,toolkits,wm} why is it not
/usr/ports/x11/{,clocks,fm,fonts,toolkits,wm} ? It is just to make the
Makefiles simplier?
2) Why not links? (maybe there are and I just dont see them, this is a
strong possibility). It seems that port can be in more than one category.
3) Has anybody ever thought of installing a port in is own directory and
then linking them into the proper place?
4) more complete (dare I say it... robu..., ack) package tool. For
operation like determining what file belongs to what, and some other common
tasks I hear people talk about.
5) redoing the pkg stuff to have more complex information. I can't remember
my wishlist I used to have (especially after helping do a few ports), but I
can remember one: When a package/port has other ports that it could take
advantage of asking to build them with an explanation of why. I know almost
all scenarios could be done with a comprehensive install script, but once
more than a few ports need something like that it would seem to be worth
adding to the package stuff. Also, then you could register a script to be
run when that other port is deinstalled (so it could change a config file
somethere and such). Or maybe it could watch for a port to be installed to
take advantage of. Im sure others have ideas.
Just wondering if any of these have ever been talked about, sorry for my
ignorance,
Jay
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