Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 07:38:25 -0800 (PST) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) Cc: eivind@yes.no, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk bug??? Message-ID: <199803191538.HAA18364@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199803190526.OAA01265@bubble.didi.com> from Satoshi Asami at "Mar 19, 98 02:26:39 pm"
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According to Satoshi Asami:
> * Suppose I have a program foobar, and the person who wrote foobar
> * decided to name a file tk.h. Now, suppose I install foobar in /usr/local
> * and tk.h ends up in /usr/local/include. Furthermore, foobar needs
> * tk.h to run (it may contain config info). Removing tk.h is not a
> * good thing.
>
> This is ridiculous. What's going to happen if some port's configure
> script finds it and thinks it's the tk header?
Add the TK_HEADER_CONFLICT variable!!!! The port will not have
a problem.
> Steve, we have explored many possibilities before finalizing on the
> current solution. (No, we didn't actually consider adding an extra
> variable to every port's Makefile that requires tcl or tk. That's too
> expensive, besides it doesn't help prevent the source of the biggest
> headache, i.e., port submissions from people who have obsolete files
> on their system.)
I'm sure you did investigate many alternatives. I guess I've
been spoiled by your normal elegant solutions to these kinds of
problems. IMHO, completely disabling the ports tree is not
an elegant solution.
> Please let's not waste any more time on this. If you have a problem
> with having to remove a couple of files so the whole system can stay
> manageable and work for most of the users, then I'm sorry but the
> ports system is not for you.
You're right I've wasted too much time trying to improve the
system. Can you at least change the message to something like
IGNORE= ": You have an old file \(${file}\) that could cause problems
for some ports to compile. \(${file}\) can safely be removed."
--
Steve
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