Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:27:50 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> Cc: Thomas Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Manually registering dependencies for ports Message-ID: <4C0E4556.4070301@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4C0CA591.20307@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4C0C34FC.4030603@gibfest.dk> <4C0C3A5B.8010707@missouri.edu> <4C0C3D5F.2070204@FreeBSD.org> <4C0C403B.4000005@missouri.edu> <4C0C4306.205@FreeBSD.org> <4C0C43A3.6050100@missouri.edu> <4C0C4709.5000504@missouri.edu> <4C0CA591.20307@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/2010 08:53:53, Matthew Seaman wrote: > So, you're creating your own meta-port that exists only to be depended > on by the ports you specifically want to have installed? That's a > really good idea. You might need to fill out the contents of your > "wanted-ports" meta-port a bit more, but the concept seems sound to me. Actually, I thought this was a good enough idea that I had a go at implementing it. My first cut at doing this is available at: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/wanted-ports.shar What do people think? Unless this meets with utter horror or there are some horrendous bugs, I'll tidy it up, add a man page and submit it as a new port in a week or so. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwORVYACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzwegCaAhV/gRXkKLkjD7627SrkJGho hJ0AnjNI9kVYN8h4xVgg9gtq9XO+JeRT =lygQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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