Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 11:57:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005041152260.60624-100000@yellow.rahul.net> In-Reply-To: <20000504152042.B19808@mithrandr.moria.org>
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Does the portconf system have the same requirements as your web URL, i.e., that a graphical display be in use? Rahul On Thu, 4 May 2000, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > On Mon 2000-05-01 (15:30), R Joseph Wright wrote: > > > Add a section to the Makefile that goes something like this: > > > > > > ## DEPENDENCIES > > > ## This ports depends on xxx, yyy, zzz. > > > ## xxx is used for <purpose>. It's not essential. Default is off. > > > ## To enable xxx, uncomment the next line. > > > #<symbol> = <rhs> > > > ## yyy is used for <purpose>. This is quite important and should > > > ## be left in. However, the port will build without it. Default is on. > > > ## To disable yyy, comment out the next line. > > > <symbol> = <rhs> > > > ## zzz is essential and must not be removed. > > > <symbol> = <rhs> > > > ## END DEPENDENCIES > > > > Even better, but more difficult to implement, would be a little ncurses > > dialog box that pops up after the person building the port enters > > "make". Some ports already have this, offhand I can name ghostscript and > > rsaref. It makes things easier for the person who doesn't know they can > > alter the makefiles or doesn't feel comfortable doing so. > > portconf. http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nbm/portconf/ > > Neil > -- > Neil Blakey-Milner > Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems > nbm@mithrandr.moria.org > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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