On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 05:46:22AM +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote: > > > > > > | +MANUAL_PACKAGE_BUILD= needs hostname > > > > > > > > Why does the package need a hostname? Often this is a bug, and either > > > > way the preferred solution is to fix it so it can be packaged. > > > > > > Ports failed in configure state, > > > as the empty hostname breaks some sanity checks. > > > > Yes, but why does the configure script need a hostname? In most cases > > it shouldn't be requiring one. > > This ist not most cases. > Some programs need to find out how the "hostname" command works. > If they get an empty result, this will fail. > > So rather them having pointyhat build bad packages, > I decided that users are better off without them.
Sounds trivial to patch the configure script to skip the check since we know exactly how FreeBSD's hostname command works. Kris _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
