Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:36:29 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: adding configuration file support to pkg_install Message-ID: <4841EF0D.8050201@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4841BDA9.5090007@p6m7g8.com> References: <a01628140805300813r6a5f9912r99ec6f27a603a05f@mail.gmail.com> <4841BDA9.5090007@p6m7g8.com>
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Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > Florent Thoumie wrote: >> This adds support for /etc/pkg.conf configuration file. >> Also, this adds support for naive multi-site package fetching. >> >> Any comment welcome (and appreciated). >> >> Patch is here: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/ports/pkg-install-config.diff >> Tarball is here: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/ports/pkg-install-0a553aac.tar.bz2 > Hi flz, > > I don't quite get what the end goal is. It looks like /etc/pkg.conf is > duplicating a lot of things already in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. > > Would not it be better to just have the pkg_install tools read that file > instead ? packages are usually built from the ports tree, but not always, and users may use packages without a ports tree present on the local system. Kris
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