Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:17:47 -0800 (PST) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - the Wraith - Asami) To: nbm@mithrandr.moria.org Cc: nclayton@lehman.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, nik@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU Stow, and the ports system? Message-ID: <199903302217.OAA41059@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990330113617.A22325@rucus.ru.ac.za> (message from Neil Blakey-Milner on Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:36:18 %2B0000) References: <19990330085646.T14492@lehman.com> <19990330113617.A22325@rucus.ru.ac.za>
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* From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> * Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, nik@FreeBSD.ORG * * On Tue 1999-03-30 (08:56), nclayton@lehman.com wrote: * > Now, obviously I could just do this myself (and probably will when my * > 3.1 box finishes rebuilding itself). But would anyone be interested in * > having this functionality folded back into the ports system as an option? As an option? Heck, I'd like to see it as the default. :) * I think it's a good functional add-on to the ports system, although I'd * rather not have it depends on GPL'd software (cue major upheaval and * infighting). If you're interested in the concept more than the program, * I'm willing to do the coding, if you're not interesting in that part and * were thinking of using Stow. No need to reinvent the wheel, this is not the kernel so we don't have a problem with GPL's software (or we'll have to rewrite the compiler...). -W To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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