Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:25:21 -0400 From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@electricjellyfish.net> To: Marc Recht <marc@informatik.uni-bremen.de> Cc: Joseph Scott <joseph@randomnetworks.com>, Ollivier Robert <roberto@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/apr-devel Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr pkg-install pkg-plist ports/devel/apr-devel/files patch-apr-Makefile.in Message-ID: <20020716192521.GD2767@electricjellyfish.net> In-Reply-To: <1026847130.50932.30.camel@leeloo.intern.geht.de> References: <200207151811.g6FIBRvv083829@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207161121370.71380-100000@pebkac.owp.csus.edu> <20020716190600.GC2767@electricjellyfish.net> <1026847130.50932.30.camel@leeloo.intern.geht.de>
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 09:18:49PM +0200, Marc Recht wrote: > > as for moving apr-config and apu-config to lib/apache2 for the apache2 > > port, that's something that should be taken up with the maintainer. i > > This also concerns the apr port. *-config and the libs of the apr-port > should then moved to lib/apr. i would be against that, since then we are different from anyone else who installs apr. and different from every other -config program out there. for apache2 i would see the case, since it's bundling it's own apr version, but the apr port specifically means for you to link against it, and thus you want the config file to be in the normal place. > > don't see anything wrong with the idea though. on the other hand, > > perhaps we should think about just hacking the apache2 port to just > > not install it's version of apr-config and apu-config? > IMO that would be best idea. Maybe make it linking statically against it's > own apr version, if it can't use port one. the issue is that apr is not at 1.0 yet, and is rapidly changing in non-backwards compatable ways. the apr port was created largely for the subversion port, and so far has basically tracked what subversion has needed. once apr hits 1.0, i'll be sticking to release versions, and hopefully so will apache2 and subversion (and anyone else that uses apr), so this issue will go away, but until then, we will run into these sort of problems. it may just be easier to say that this is an issue that won't go away and to just ignore it until there is a release version of apr, but i don't know how long that will be. -garrett -- garrett rooney Remember, any design flaw you're rooneg@electricjellyfish.net sufficiently snide about becomes http://electricjellyfish.net/ a feature. -- Dan Sugalski To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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