Some minor issues

Justin C. Sherrill justin at shiningsilence.com
Tue Mar 17 18:29:04 PDT 2009


On Tue, March 17, 2009 5:13 pm, free_coder wrote:

> 6. There is a package in the mirrors named "free", while it's possible to
>    install it, it's not possible to use it, because it is working only
> under
>    NetBSD and is calling us (DragonFly users) kids :) When I tried to
> remove
>    the OS check from the script, the output was something not what I've
>    expected, so, I think it's working only under NetBSD and its package
>    should be removed from the mirrors or maybe better be fixed if somebody
>    can do that.

Yeah, the Makefile for the package should be adjusted to install only on
NetBSD, since a check inside the script bombs out without it actually
being on NetBSD.  This is usually handled through Makefile checks, so you
can't build a useless program on a given platform.

It hasn't been actively maintained since 2005, probably before DragonFly
was even using pkgsrc.  You can try submitting a note or patch to
pkgsrc-users at NetBSD.org.







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