Garrett Cooper <youshi10 <at> u.washington.edu> writes: > I'm working on combining the pkg_* tools along with the existing > makefile system with a bourne shell file for my SoC project(*) > > As for writing a utility in C, why? Almost everything's there right now > and just needs to be strung together with some clever scripting to make > it all work. C in this case is just overkill IMO. > > I'm sorry RW, because while I do agree to some extent, there should be > something out of the box that works with the Makefiles and does > everything necessary to install ports, apart from someone manually going > to each directory and typing in "make install", or using some "advanced" > functionality in the Makefiles. > > (*) This is the 2nd goal on my list out of 3 items, so it's going to be > a while before I get to it (I estimate 2 months). > > -Garrett
I was not suggesting writing the utilities in C, I was just indicating the the topic on the FreeBSD "ideas" page. Frankly, I am a "best tool for the job" type of guy. My intent was just to probe the community and see if anything was being developed and if anyone needed any help. Adam _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
