Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:42:34 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Cc: Johann Visagie <johann@egenetics.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/biology/p5-bioperl-devel Makefile ports/biology/p5-bioperl-devel/files Makefile.man Message-ID: <3B80F7AA.10907.599E570@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010820103657.D74106@madman.nectar.com> References: <3B80F0F1.3282.57FA006@localhost>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:13:53AM -0400
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On 20 Aug 2001, at 10:36, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > Why does FreshPorts care? If it wants Makefile variable values, it > should invoke (or emulate) make. It does invoke make. But it needs all the components in order for make to function. I can hear the questions now... Why not use cvsup? Too much overhead. FreshPorts uses "fetch" to obtain the pieces it needs. FreshPorts "knows" the basic components needed to extract the information it needs. The port in question needs files/Makefile.man in order for the "make -V PORTVERSION -V etc...." to function. I have already modified FreshPorts to cater for this special case. But I'd like to see a standard set in order to avoid special cases. -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited FreshPorts - http://freshports.org/ - the place for ports To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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