On 2000-Feb-10 07:59:48 +1100, Kai Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
># du -sk /usr/ports
>71118 /usr/ports
Seems reasonable. Last time I checked (1st June 1999), I found
79967 - of which 35215 was CVS-related files/directories. There
were also nearly 62,000 inodes. It'll get worse - PHK has changed
the FS defaults from 8K/1K to 16K/4K, which will roughly triple
the space.
>Am I the only one being little annoyed by this fact?
This comes up regularly. The last I recall was a thread "a two-level
port system?" in -hackers last May/June.
My favourite solution (because it's mine) would be to replace the
existing each port skeleton directory with a single ar(5) file, which
is unpacked into the directory structure when you make the port. (I
think ar(5) would be a good choice because (a) it is text, and so can
be easily managed by CVS; (b) it includes a tool - ar(1) - for easily
managing the files).
As an example, /usr/ports/cad currently looks like (without CVS):
/usr/ports/cad:
Makefile felt/ magic/ qcad/ xcircuit/
acs/ geda/ mars/ sis/
chipmunk/ irsim/ pcb/ spice/
cider/ kaskade/ pkg/ tkgate/
It would turn into:
/usr/ports/cad:
ARCHIVE/ Makefile
./ARCHIVE:
acs.ar geda.ar mars.ar sis.ar
chipmunk.ar irsim.ar pcb.ar spice.ar
cider.ar kaskade.ar pkg.ar tkgate.ar
felt.ar magic.ar qcad.ar xcircuit.ar
Where the Makefile knew how to unpack/pack each ar into the existing
structure as necessary.
What's need to change the existing structure is:
1) A completely implemented replacement, including the tools necessary
to manage the new structure.
2) Agreement from Asami-san (and maybe others) to implement the changed
structure.
Peter
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