-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 RW wrote: > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:40:08 -0400 > Chuck Robey <chu...@telenix.org> wrote: > >> Here's the portmanager listing, maybe someone here can tell me what's >> causing portmanager to want to patch my bsd.port.mk, and why the >> patchfile should be so far off, and what might be the CORRECT way to >> fix this. Oh, BTW, I run current, and keep myself that way via cvsup. > > IIRC the patch was made so that when portmanager built a port, the > makefile would call back into portmanager to let it modify the > dependencies. Portmanager had a major rewrite just before the original > author had a row with some FreeBSD people and abandoned the project. > AFAIK the feature wasn't yet used, so it doesn't matter if the patch > doesn't apply since it's a null operation.
Ahh, I didn't realize that portmanager was moribund. OK, I can figure out what to do from here, then, thanks. I might not like the method being used by portmanager very much, but it's not worth complaining about a dead port. Too many other choices, aren't there? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm1u6sACgkQz62J6PPcoOlcfQCgnXJkaeu1SOXMhcWxWhlVMQFc 9lcAni5kfl+jmQE1C3b6t0lQkdocH+HL =OTs8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"