Re: Version of XFree86 in FreeBSD Release 4.4

2001-09-18 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:57:22 -0700 * From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:42:23PM -0700, Jordan Hubbard wrote: * > We're still waiting for 4.0's "support footprint" to widen What do you mean by "support footprint"? If you mean graphic cards, all we nee

Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get

1999-09-23 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Jaakko Salomaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * poor in my opinion. I think we need something like this. I'll make a port * out of this if you want, or if it's my lucky day, perhaps it should even * be added to the base distribution (damn, I'm ambitious :-]). * % ** ./pkg_get -i gtk ** * Curr

Re: How to go about making a compiler port

1999-09-12 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * [originally sent to ports, resending to hackers at the suggestion of someone * on that list.] Sorry, you probably caught us at the busiest time right before the release * Hi Folks, * * I'd like to make a port for our Haskell compiler, GHC (s

Re: How to go about making a compiler port

1999-09-12 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Simon Marlow * [originally sent to ports, resending to hackers at the suggestion of someone * on that list.] Sorry, you probably caught us at the busiest time right before the release * Hi Folks, * * I'd like to make a port for our Haskell compiler, GHC (see * http://researc

Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric

1999-09-03 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Wilko Bulte * As Chris Costello wrote ... * >I don't think the local Ports Wraith would be amazingly happy * * No. He will turn into a Ports Wrath Hey, if you're going to make fun of me, at least CC: me or something so I know! ;) -PW (W?) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord

Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric

1999-09-03 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * As Chris Costello wrote ... * >I don't think the local Ports Wraith would be amazingly happy * * No. He will turn into a Ports Wrath Hey, if you're going to make fun of me, at least CC: me or something so I know! ;) -PW (W?) To Unsubscribe:

Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric

1999-09-03 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Jonathan Lemon * What I want is a simple new readable sysctl, something like: * * hw.clockrate: 132 * * I think that this would be useful both for development (how fast * is that stupid machine down in the bunker?), and system admininstration * (who needs a cpu

Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's

1999-09-03 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Tim Vanderhoek * differences are 1) entries in inetd.conf are sample entries only, 2) * ports have no way of adding those entries to inetd.conf themselves * (since touching /etc is illegal). Uh, you're contradicting yourself. Touching /etc is not illegal. * 2) The current system

Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric

1999-09-03 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Jonathan Lemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * What I want is a simple new readable sysctl, something like: * * hw.clockrate: 132 * * I think that this would be useful both for development (how fast * is that stupid machine down in the bunker?), and system admininstration

Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's

1999-09-03 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Tim Vanderhoek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * differences are 1) entries in inetd.conf are sample entries only, 2) * ports have no way of adding those entries to inetd.conf themselves * (since touching /etc is illegal). Uh, you're contradicting yourself. Touching /etc is not illegal. * 2)

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-31 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Look, we're obviously not going to convince each other with this discussion. I'm sorry I caused you much trouble by adding it without working it with you first, but I believe the current state is workable for both of us. Can we leave it as it is? * 2. Your INDEX

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-31 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Look, we're obviously not going to convince each other with this discussion. I'm sorry I caused you much trouble by adding it without working it with you first, but I believe the current state is workable for both of us. Can we leave it as it is

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-27 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Tim Vanderhoek * I can claim a bit of the responsibility. It was done after Sue Blake * complained that there was no way to distinguish packages requiring X * from those that didn't. I wrote some extended message discussing * different types of dependencies, and then Satoshi wrote

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-27 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Tim Vanderhoek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * I can claim a bit of the responsibility. It was done after Sue Blake * complained that there was no way to distinguish packages requiring X * from those that didn't. I wrote some extended message discussing * different types of dependencies, and

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-27 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" * Just to clear up a misconception; this isn't actually a sysinstall * problem. This is a ports bug which Satoshi or somebody introduced * when they added a dependency on the XFree86 port very prematurely. It * was premature because no actual package exists for

Re: XFree 3.3.4 not on ftp.freebsd.org?

1999-07-27 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Just to clear up a misconception; this isn't actually a sysinstall * problem. This is a ports bug which Satoshi or somebody introduced * when they added a dependency on the XFree86 port very prematurely. It * was premature because no actual

Re: Porting strategy - pine4 + SSL

1999-06-22 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Nick Sayer * * I have made a preliminary patch (hack?) to add SSL to pine (it's like * clicking the 'server requires secure connection' box - POP or IMAP over * SSL). * * The pine4 port is fairly involved. Adding my stuff is almost downright * trivial. It amounts to adding * *

Re: a two-level port system? (fwd)

1999-05-31 Thread Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami
* From: Ladavac Marino I don't really have time to butt in (I have to hop on a plane in a few hours and I haven't finished the presentation slides) but I'd like to throw in my two cents before this gets out of hand. * [ML] This would offer an advantage over the existing system * only if