Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:53:31 +0100 From: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> To: Alan Braslau <alan.braslau@comcast.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: making ICONV default net/rsync option (was: Re: rsync port) Message-ID: <20161207095331.880d80ef4dfe640e2f50dcbb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20161206113017.6777549d@zoo.hsd1.co.comcast.net> References: <20161206113017.6777549d@zoo.hsd1.co.comcast.net>
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Alan Braslau <alan.braslau@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > The iconv option of the rsync port is extremely useful, indeed > necessary when exchanging files with systems that have different > encoding (such as MacOS). > > It might be useful to create a dependent port, net/rsync-iconv, that > would include this option by default. This way, one could use binary > packages without compiling from /usr/ports. > > Currently, I install in jails a binary package in that I created > locally. However, updating always proposes to replace this package > with the standard one due to changed options. I do not know of a way > to avoid this other than through the creation of the dependent port > as suggested here. If this not be a good idea, might you have any > other suggestions? > > Thank you, in advance. > > -- > Alan Braslau > I agree that the ICONV options is indeed very useful. I wouldn't mind turning it on by default rather than creating an extra slave port. After all it is a standard configure option and not a third party patch. I'm cc'ing ports@ for discussion. Emanuel
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