Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 16:21:36 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: "Akinori -Aki- MUSHA" <knu@idaemons.org> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/dryad Makefile ports/devel/dryad/patches patch-aa patch-ab ports/graphics/eog Makefile ports/graphics/eog/patches patch-aa patch-ab patch-ac ports/editors/gedit Makefile ports/editors/gedit/patches patch-ao ... Message-ID: <13804.965398896@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Aug 2000 23:08:11 %2B0900." <86zomtp19w.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org>
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On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 23:08:11 +0900, "Akinori -Aki- MUSHA" wrote: > From my point of view, "make extract" should just extract the > distributed files as-is, so one can stand at the start point and look > around to find out what materials are provided by the vendor(s). I can't express how earnestly I hope that this sinks in. One of the most attractive aspects of the ports mechanism is to be able to see what the distribution looks like (possibly even messing with it) after extraction, then after patching, then after configuring etc. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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