Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 02:16:26 -0800 (PST) From: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami) To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports tidy-up sweep Message-ID: <199612161016.CAA01299@baloon.mimi.com> In-Reply-To: <199612160215.MAA19272@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> (message from Michael Smith on Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:45:08 %2B1030 (CST))
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* If I read this correctly, a correctly-formatted md5 entry for an
* 'ignored' file will be :
*
* MD5 (foo.bar.gz) = IGNORE
*
* Is that right?
Yes. Of course, the "MD5" in the front and parens are not really
necassary but it's easier to just copy the existing format (and
minimize bsd.port.mk changes.... :)
* Sounds reasonable, especially if you're in a position to enforce it.
* From my point of view, I have to trust that the contents of the md5
* file is a definitive list of all the files that the port uses. I tried
* various hacks using make to emit the list of files used by the port,
* but that blows the tree scan time out by an order of magnitude, which
* really isn't an option.
I understand. The only real "correct" way to do it is go through make
but that's really going to be dog-slow (I know 'cause I build the
INDEX file regularly!).
I think the best we can do is to make the framework as powerful as
possible so the porters don't need to set MD5_FILE. (For instance,
the recent addition of ${DIST_SUBDIR} in front of the md5 pathname got
rid of www/netscape3/files/md5.gold.)
* As it is just now, I only have one port left to complain about;
* postgres-95.
*
* Why does it have three md5 files, where two of them are for the
* flex-2.5.2 binary package? With flex in the tree now, this seems
* silly.
And usr/src flex just went up to 2.5.4. ;) It will be great if this
port can be updated to use the one we already have....
* Thanks immensely for your support with my annoying feature requests!
No problem -- your "feature requests" are very helpful for me to
review the ports framework, and have led to a number of important
improvements. (Or am I giving myself too much credit here. :)
Satoshi
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