Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 10:24:10 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, James Mansion <james@mansionfamily.plus.com> Subject: Re: BDB corrupt Message-ID: <20080514102410.639f16ef@mbook.local> In-Reply-To: <20080514071728.GP64804@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <op.uavxx8ip2n4ijf@duckjen.nextgentel.no> <9FC19AC2-DAD8-418C-8B9C-F129DEC58CEF@gmail.com> <15336578.20080512123806@mail.ru> <200805121153.00809.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-hackers@hst.org.za> <1663320218.20080512223531@mail.ru> <20080512152430.3720683e@mbook.local> <2117635718.20080513154406@mail.ru> <20080513121452.GA70860@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080513154137.GA28842@pix.net> <482A02CD.7040308@mansionfamily.plus.com> <20080514071728.GP64804@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Wed, 14 May 2008 17:17:28 +1000 Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:
> On 2008-May-13 22:06:21 +0100, James Mansion <james@mansionfamily.plus.com> wrote:
> >And is the objection to SQL such the sqlite is really out of the running?
>
> There is no specific objection to SQL. There is a general objection
> to adding more utilities to the base system unless a _very_ good case
> can be made for including them. So far, no-one has made a compelling
> reason to include SQLite (or other SQL engine) into the base system.
Just out of curiosity - there seems to be an unspoken assumption that
the ports system can only use tools that are part of the base
system. But this is clearly false - the ports system currently
includes a couple of directories full of software that's not in the
base system.
Adding compiled code to those tools would mean that installing the
ports system gets a bit more complex - you have to run "make install"
after extracting the tarball. Is that so bad it's not going to happen?
<mike
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