Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:07:23 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with GUI configs Message-ID: <20071114230723.GD70122@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4738FC8B.5000309@chuckr.org> References: <47387891.2060007@unsane.co.uk> <47387BCA.6080604@foster.cc> <20071112183502.438b44b8@gumby.homeunix.com.> <4738A71A.6060100@chuckr.org> <4738ACDD.50108@u.washington.edu> <4738ADC8.2060005@gmx.de> <4738AEBF.4010109@u.washington.edu> <4738C145.2050601@chuckr.org> <20071112214240.5d3b048a@gumby.homeunix.com.> <4738FC8B.5000309@chuckr.org>
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 08:23:23PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > This makes a little file of descriptor words, but it's not set so a > regular editor can manipulate it; the special ports program is needed to > set or reset this list. All ports query this list in making the > decision as to whether or whether not to include a particular port as a > dependency. Ugh. As far as I'm concerned, everything that pertains to system configuration should always be human-readable and editable without special tools. Trying to insulate things from human ability to directly manipulate them tends to lead to rapidly increasing difficulty of debugging configurations. > > I left out one last point> there will be a reject list: a list of port > names or regular expression patters, of ports that can't be installed > under any circumstances. I *love* this idea! /me starts cobbling together a list of things that start with 'k' or 'g', preparing for that future date when this is possible. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] John Kenneth Galbraith: "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured through spectacular error."
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