Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:37:16 -0700 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what next for the pkg_install rewrite Message-ID: <20100902193715.GA9920@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <27594367-6355-4C30-B486-CA64345641B8@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTi=h_GdAFbZ2X0agCAtyLLiwNrMoLx_ZunhBBx2=@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinn4utHttMPsCN1GKp1dTPOdTJAtLgG3m8BfLgw@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=F_sbOWXkXkqAZ00xu9E44m8gPhD39kGet01vu@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=1ons1-6xf83VTNZfQdhzaZpyA7w8U6z6VQ0-Q@mail.gmail.com> <20100820124332.GB1786@azathoth.lan> <86lj7o7e6e.fsf@gmail.com> <AANLkTikQK7HMaTEgevzhRcezxTYxetgY1A6hbXy9nMcz@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikEGLoSTYaEVhu6hO-K3QXrPHAgxVNLi-Moyjzm@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinD3aooVuJSGDHwZcuB%2Bd5cQADqa1_H0ca=AWib@mail.gmail.com> <27594367-6355-4C30-B486-CA64345641B8@freebsd.org>
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On Thu 02 Sep 2010 at 08:56:50 PDT Tim Kientzle wrote: > >On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:34 AM, David Forsythe wrote: > >> Separating ports and packages is silly, because they need to coexist. >> Like gcooper pointed out, ports should be using the pkg tools to build >> and install packages. > >I've been impressed with how MacPorts handles this. >If I understand correctly, you can specify a package you >want and the options you want with it and the system will >download a pre-built package with those options >(if one exists) or pull the source and build the port, >all transparently. > >Even better, the central repository sees all of these >requests, so can prioritize which option sets are most popular. Would that include any options specified in make.conf?
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