On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:19:25PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > what I said was that a system that would not allow a programmer to put > in their own software was very hostile, and that some method should > exist to allow a programmer to insert their own work amongst the ports > software.
there is a way to add your own software. you make your own port. that was the first (and repeated many times) answer. > I did allow the possibility that I might be wrong, also, and I have been > repeatedly asking what method might exist to allow what I want to do, so > if I;'m wrong, TELL ME. you have been told repeatedly. make/modify an existing port. the ports system is very well documented. And don't tell me something like "you're > wrong", tell me how the right way is, how to I tell the system that I > have in the acme widget, and that it's not supposed to install it's own > version of the acme widget. you do it by making a proper port/package. start by reading ports(7). one more time: make your own port. it's really not that hard, especially if your just modifying an existing port, which is exactly what you want to do. for future reference, if you had asked your question like so: "how do I install a version of gmake that is different than the port, but have it work with the ports system?", then you would not have been "labeled", and you probably would have gotten help doing exactly what you wanted to do. insulting peoples' work is not far from insulting the people. you really shouldn't be surprised by the replys you've gotten. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
