Re: How to properly install a Linux desktop app?

2020-06-22 Thread Alexander Leidinger via freebsd-emulation
Quoting "Mikhail T." (from Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:59:35 -0400): On 19.06.20 04:52, Tijl Coosemans wrote: You should not use USE_LINUX_RPM. It's meant for infrastructure ports. Yes, this is the current stance, but it seems like an unnecessary limitation... :( Software distributed by vendors

Re: How to properly install a Linux desktop app?

2020-06-20 Thread Mikhail T.
On 19.06.20 04:52, Tijl Coosemans wrote: You should not use USE_LINUX_RPM. It's meant for infrastructure ports. Yes, this is the current stance, but it seems like an unnecessary limitation... :( Software distributed by vendors in RPM-format should be easier for ports to install. Please,

Re: How to properly install a Linux desktop app?

2020-06-19 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 00:00:43 -0400 "Mikhail T." wrote: > Hello! > > I'm preparing a port of a Linux application (Zoom conferencing client). > > The vendor (zoom.us) offers RPMs for both x86_64 and i686, which makes > it tempting to just USE_LINUX_RPM. However, that knob unconditionally >

How to properly install a Linux desktop app?

2020-06-18 Thread Mikhail T.
Hello! I'm preparing a port of a Linux application (Zoom conferencing client). The vendor (zoom.us) offers RPMs for both x86_64 and i686, which makes it tempting to just USE_LINUX_RPM. However, that knob unconditionally turns on the USE_LINUX_PREFIX, which bsd.port.mk says /not/ to use "for