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Date:      Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:52:34 +0000
From:      "Florent Thoumie" <flz@xbsd.org>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports.conf: Is there a reason behind not being default?
Message-ID:  <a01628140712180152y38e787d8ge23e4b42d5c0191e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4767283D.70604@delphij.net>
References:  <4767283D.70604@delphij.net>

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On Dec 18, 2007 1:54 AM, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> 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...

I'd rather have ports.conf being the equivalent of src.conf for ports
and portconf configuration file being renamed. Whether it should be in
base or not is another matter, IMHO it's a handy hack but a hack
nonetheless :-)

-- 
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer



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