Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:00:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Anders Nordby <anders@fix.no> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/11893: new port: www/thttpd Message-ID: <199905261600.JAA05766@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/11893; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Anders Nordby <anders@fix.no>
To: Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/11893: new port: www/thttpd
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:55:01 +0200
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 04:40:10PM +0200, Anton Berezin wrote:
> I think in the current form this port can be quite useless. Thttpd is
> *quite* configurable, all configuration is done in config.h before the
> build. For most ports the default configuration is acceptable, but
> not in this case. Almost everybody will have a need to put his hands
> into config.h.
Almost everybody? Nah, but quite many perhaps.
> I would suggest some mechanism for doing this in port (might be as
> simple as entering an editor at post-configure time; though this will
> make the port INTERACTIVE, and this is probably a bad thing).
I think making the user aware of this should be sufficient enough, as many
might just want thttpd for just the easyness and its modest use of
resources.
I added a post-fetch and post-build message. Apply this:
--- Makefile.orig Wed May 26 17:24:48 1999
+++ Makefile Wed May 26 17:40:54 1999
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
post-install: message
+post-fetch: config-message
+
+post-build: config-message
+
+config-message:
+ @${ECHO}
"====================================================================="
+ @${ECHO} ""
+ @${ECHO} "Be sure to take a look at the options in config.h before
(re)building"
+ @${ECHO} "if you want to tweak the server."
+ @${ECHO} ""
+ @${ECHO}
"====================================================================="
+
message:
@${ECHO}
"====================================================================="
@${ECHO} ""
--
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