Alan Braslau <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The iconv option of the rsync port is extremely useful, indeed > necessary when exchanging files with systems that have different > encoding (such as MacOS). > > It might be useful to create a dependent port, net/rsync-iconv, that > would include this option by default. This way, one could use binary > packages without compiling from /usr/ports. > > Currently, I install in jails a binary package in that I created > locally. However, updating always proposes to replace this package > with the standard one due to changed options. I do not know of a way > to avoid this other than through the creation of the dependent port > as suggested here. If this not be a good idea, might you have any > other suggestions? > > Thank you, in advance. > > -- > Alan Braslau >
I agree that the ICONV options is indeed very useful. I wouldn't mind turning it on by default rather than creating an extra slave port. After all it is a standard configure option and not a third party patch. I'm cc'ing ports@ for discussion. Emanuel _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
