On 19 November 2010 18:32, Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote: > Eir Nym <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> Since when? If you are missing /bin/csh, your system is defective >> >>> or at least nonstandard. >> >> >> >> It is good joke, thanks >> > >> > I guess he's talking about the ports tree being too fragile for some >> > non-default configurations and not many people are willing to fix it. >> >> I understand this. Port can check this (because it is optional system >> component) and use another or generate error. > > This is very confusing. One of us is out of sync with reality. > (If it's me, I'd like to know.) Your confident claim that csh is > optional is like stating that the sky is green and the sun is purple. > > Did I miss something? > > Yes, I know there is a WITHOUT_TCSH knob. You can use this when > you build a FreeBSD-based embedded system where you know you won't > need csh. In no way does the existence of this knob imply that csh > is optional on a standard FreeBSD system where you build ports. >
Ok, another example is NIS. You can turn off NIS support in your system, and ports will check NIS biraries if they need them. > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
