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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:21:21 +0000
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        mharo@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: linux port category
Message-ID:  <38A847A1.B2BF6E03@cup.hp.com>
References:  <200002130206.SAA89767@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000212182038.H776@norn.ca.eu.org> <20000213144040.A43802@FreeBSD.org> <vqczot4jxqh.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> 
>  * From: Michael Haro <mharo@FreeBSD.org>
> 
>  * On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 06:20:38PM -0800, Chris Piazza wrote:
>  * >
>  * > Hmm..  This port would be greatly simplified if we had something like
>  * > a linux ports category where linux libraries could be installed from.
> 
> What does a "linux ports category" have anything to do with this
> port's Makefile?
>
> I assume you meant "if we had some linux library ports" (in addition
> to linux_base and stuff), in case I certainly agree.

Yes, that's what he means, IFAICT.

>  * I was thinking about this yesterday as well.  I was also thinking of
>  * possibly prepending linux ports with `lnx-' or something to show that
>  * this is the linux version of port xyz.
> 
> Well, many of them already have "linux-" (for applications) and
> "linux_" (for infrastructure/support ports).  We can make that a
> standard practice, as the "linux-" prefix is mostly used only when
> there is a corresponding FreeBSD version.

We sort of wanted to normalize these into "linux_" as the larger part of
the ports already had a "linux_" prefix. Either prefix is fine by me
though.

> As for the "linux" virtual category, I can add that to bsd.port.mk if
> people want it.

Seems like a good idea to me.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
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