Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:05:07 +1100 From: "Chris Knight" <chris@aims.com.au> To: <nbm@rapier.smartspace.co.za> Cc: <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: New port: firebird (was RE: ports/24313) Message-ID: <001d01c09593$ae85a860$020aa8c0@aims.private> In-Reply-To: <20010213091410.A39408@rapier.smartspace.co.za>
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Howdy, > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Blakey-Milner [mailto:nbm@mithrandr.moria.org] > Sent: Tuesday, 13 February 2001 18:14 > To: Chris Knight > Cc: ports@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ports/24313 > > > On Tue 2001-02-13 (13:41), Chris Knight wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > Any plans for this being added? > > Just some general advice - Actually mention what the PR is about (at > least I know it's a new port since you say 'add'), and maybe some > confirmation that you're sure it is PREFIX-clean, has a correct PLIST, > passes portlint, and so forth, and you'll more likely motivate someone > to look at it. > Thanks for the advice. I'm currently checking it with portlint and its PLIST. By PREFIX-clean, I'm assuming that all filesystem references in the code get mapped back relative to whatever PREFIX is set to. This is not necessarily the case, due to historical reasons, but the port does provide a symlink from /usr/interbase to whereever it gets installed to (default of /usr/local/firebird) > Getting someone else to vouch for the PR (by replying to it, or > whatever) saying similar things (It works, it has the proper > dependencies, it uninstalls cleanly, &c.) is another idea. > OK. I've installed both the package that the original PR submitter created, and built the port contained in the PR. However, the port build was simply 'make install'. I'll check this a bit more thoroughly and send a followup to the PR - I can see some tidying up to do as a result of portlint. I thought somebody might have been keen on committing it to retire the interbase4 port - which suffers from the security backdoor hole mentioned at http://www.ibphoenix.com/sec1.html. Again, thanks for the advice. Glancing through http://www.freebsd.org/porters-handbook/ was also helpful. > Neil > -- > Neil Blakey-Milner > nbm@mithrandr.moria.org > Regards, Chris Knight Systems Administrator AIMS Independent Computer Professionals Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 Web: http://www.aims.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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