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Date:      Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:33:48 +0100
From:      Dominic Fandrey <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports.conf: Is there a reason behind not being default?
Message-ID:  <476769CC.30807@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <4767283D.70604@delphij.net>
References:  <4767283D.70604@delphij.net>

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Xin LI wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think that ports-mgmt/portconf (a.k.a. /usr/local/etc/ports.conf) is a
> very handy feature that makes it much easier to store port options
> across upgrade.  Is there a reason behind not making it into
> bsd.ports.mk?  IMHO it's a big deal to take the script into
> ports/Tools/scripts, and move the configuration to somewhere like
> /etc/ports.conf...
> 
> Cheers,

It's like with portmanager, just not everyone's tool of choice. Seeing that I
have my own system for this stuff in the ports tree, I wouldn't use it if it
were part of the base system.



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