Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:04:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner <portsuser@larseighner.com> To: Sandra Kachelmann <s.kachelmann@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ansi colors in ports Message-ID: <20090331170426.R79579@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <91b92520903311028k52be00edr49f830e555e3a8dc@mail.gmail.com> References: <91b92520903311028k52be00edr49f830e555e3a8dc@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > Why does freebsd ports not use ansi colors? This would be so nice :-) > Eg. ECHO_MSG would be so much more visible within the compilation > soup. Gentoo uses colors too! In fact, some ports do use ansi color for some things. It pretty much depends upon the source. Many applications are written to compile in a variety of environments, including those in which compiling from an ansi-capable terminal is not guaranteed. I think porters should do as little to the source as possible, and that maintaining other applications would be a better use of their time than forcing pretty-pretty on a compile that should run only once. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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