Re: echoping: New upstream release (but not obvious to package)

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:32:17 +0200
Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer%nic.fr@localhost> wrote:

> [Thanks for maintaining the NetBSD pkgsrc]
> 
> echoping 6 is out:
> 
> http://echoping.sourceforge.net/
> 
> But it is more complicated to package since it now introduces dynamic
> plugins. Several plugins are shipped with echoping, for instance the
> PostgreSQL one. It is probably not wise to make echoping depend on
> PostgreSQL package. I do not know a solution yet.

Generally, plug-ins are separate packages that depend on the base
package.
> 
> Also, in order to enable plugin compilation on the machine where the
> package is installed, it could be a good idea to install echoping.h
> and compilation.h somewhere. 6.0.1, due "real soon now" will install
> in $PREFIX/include/echoping.
> 
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                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb