Date: 21 Feb 1999 22:31:02 +0100 From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: organization of own extensions to programs installed as ports? Message-ID: <vafbtinxx49.fsf@ramses.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
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I like the ports mechanism a lot, but it appears I don't really grok it just yet. Maybe you can give me a hand, please? A number of programs support user extensions. Emacs, for instance, has a site-lisp directory where one can put Emacs Lisp programs. Perl has a site_perl directory where one can install additional Perl modules. Now, some ports install stuff in these directories. For instance, ispell installs its ispell.el into the Emacs site-lisp directory. Suppose I wanted to install additional extensions, not provided as ports. If I install those in the directories mentioned above, chaos will quickly result: I can't tell the difference between files anymore which come from a port and which I installed myself. Besides, a port might overwrite one of the files I installed myself, or vice versa. What is the customary way to deal with this situation? tia, kai -- I like _b_o_t_h kinds of music. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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