Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 00:03:39 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> Cc: lioux@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with emulators/linux_base-7 conflicting with devel/understand_ada Message-ID: <20011016000339.A1735@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20011015234605.A44921@johncoop.MSHOME> References: <20011015230017.E38998@johncoop.MSHOME> <20011015232501.A907@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20011015234605.A44921@johncoop.MSHOME>
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 11:46:05PM -0700, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > > While it's great to hear about linux_devtools-7 in the works, it's > essential that the linux_base-7 have a 'strip' utility. Otherwise, > linux installs like devel/understand_[c|ada] are going to either: 1) > fail; or 2) require linux_devtools-7 as a dependency (when linux_base > finally "buys it"). The strip(1) program is a development tool. It so happens to be installed from the binutils packages, which in RH 7.1 isn't part of the minimal install. > While I personally wouldn't mind installing linux_devtools-7, I'm sure > others--especially if their a little short on bandwidth--would greatly > appreciate moving the rpm that contains 'strip' into linux_base-7. > YMMV, of course. The reverse is also true. Those short on bandwidth probably don't want to have to download binutils just for strip(1). So, I guess there's no right way, meaning that logically there's no wrong way either :-) In short: there will always be cases where installing a large port just for a single (small) program is necessary. So be it. If people don't like it, they can either install RPMs by hand or remove RPMs after installing the port. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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