From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 16:06:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1511065670 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eirnym@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F1068FC14 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:06:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so4123686bwz.13 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:06:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tLjtz4npQXLq6dJtjPKlZmNrdEevFN6ja7HuUUZE8mE=; b=sJd6bn/sjfXKcKadR86jksQQOa6d5fipagjGUs2ltpg6Y+5LsNe5tO0RYOpcKRjueg Tc88ps5Lqm7MaiJpHT5RCdsvO8P8U/rdzv6eoS3vY5/84syiHuzBZTfMncBmW3s6sQsz LR1LCuViy2pRe9SiwQSZWwfDTF/2vp5S+hvfU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QxaFcTeFtCt7Ho46muWQiFHHMrpkllmWICgiCvxfSWm8GqoLIm6h7m3HVfQlQvrYKI 0OfvAAiN11itjEnc6UUhQ3FGAZ8KmY8VkGDBh5O9itaj13oB+ulBHpuhQxXy5Ye0D9ii WQSsJT1F74GaYnb8eXGYEnqDpHiHxQJZPzcBM= Received: by 10.204.72.140 with SMTP id m12mr2216196bkj.163.1290182781235; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:06:21 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.123.131 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:05:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4CE5280E.3090009@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <86wro9e6e4.fsf@gmail.com> From: Eir Nym Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:05:59 +0300 Message-ID: To: Christian Weisgerber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mk/bsd.command.mk: missing CSH tag X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:06:25 -0000 On 19 November 2010 18:32, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Eir Nym wrote: > >> >>> Since when? If you are missing /bin/csh, your system is defective >> >>> or at least nonstandard. >> >> >> >> It is good joke, thanks >> > >> > I guess he's talking about the ports tree being too fragile for some >> > non-default configurations and not many people are willing to fix it. >> >> I understand this. Port can check this (because it is optional system >> component) and use another or generate error. > > This is very confusing. =C2=A0One of us is out of sync with reality. > (If it's me, I'd like to know.) =C2=A0Your confident claim that csh is > optional is like stating that the sky is green and the sun is purple. > > Did I miss something? > > Yes, I know there is a WITHOUT_TCSH knob. =C2=A0You can use this when > you build a FreeBSD-based embedded system where you know you won't > need csh. =C2=A0In no way does the existence of this knob imply that csh > is optional on a standard FreeBSD system where you build ports. > Ok, another example is NIS. You can turn off NIS support in your system, and ports will check NIS biraries if they need them. > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0naddy@mips.inka.de > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >