On Wed, 28 May 2003 23:58, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > Because there are other, more elegant ways of dealing with these > > > things. I don't like /usr/local/src anything, which was the main > > > complaint. > > > > If there are more elegant solutions I would like to know what they are. > > > > I agree it isn't a great solution, but I can't see what is better. > > For GPL modules, put them in src/sys/gnu. If you don't > want bloat, then use cvsup and a refuse file to not > retrieve the sys/gnu. See the discussion that occurred > many years ago when maestro3 support was committed to > the tree. > > For non-viral licensed code, put it in its proper > place in the sys/ hierarchy. Then use a WANT_XXX=yes > knob in the /etc/make.conf to cause XXX to be built.
You are describing how it happens now, not WHY it happens like that. I think the existing solution has problems, and would prefer some external hooks for 3rd party modules. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
