From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 17:21:53 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 DA65C1065670 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eirnym@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91DBF8FC1B for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:21:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so2930302gwj.13 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:21:52 -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=0LsthwgSjU82DmlZbkVxVPZmonLFOxApgZnjuoRlwOs=; b=vU9UCnXnJjnziw3+WckTx/RavVbYvy5asE1GbECkMRd0DqPGpxSUqIi3LewoKcAM9y BnptepazYOeZFoApVPEDfM1qiY7jSHHI8/hq+ox/HAlwis80Kjf7oDcv7XP2+g9QJnAK znqa9b0m0LyuOh4HzmB6h0HE1aKmATI53FuEY= 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=ZVqaNTALOupymVihFYngihy2VROOvrROUC5QMbAiyM/7Hzik7O/A8VA6EVx17sMFAf KEeXkg8EDuQOdn87kUCcyua9TY0iHOmF9jxuE1r/FL1qPtCcswxHTwLKi6RJBigpZy8t 4Wr3ho/naNYoxYyDz3hqrIR3Fbc4HmjVdINrQ= Received: by 10.204.66.65 with SMTP id m1mr2356489bki.109.1290187311742; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:21:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.123.131 with HTTP; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:21:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4CE5280E.3090009@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <86wro9e6e4.fsf@gmail.com> From: Eir Nym Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:21:31 +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 17:21:53 -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? If you think that any part of base system is mandatory, you should write request to remove knob WITHOUT_TCSH and any other, which you think is not optional. > > 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. > > -- > 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" >