Subject: Re: pkgsrc bulk build results (fwd)
To: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/13/2000 19:15:02
On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> > .if !exists(/emul/linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2)
> > IGNORE=         "requires Linux glibc2 libraries - see compat_linux(8)"
> > .endif
> > 
> > Is there a reason why we don't just have:
> > DEPENDS=        suse_linux-6.1p1:../../emulators/suse_linux
> 
> What if the user has the linux root partition mounted under
> /emul/linux on a dual boot system? Or an nfs mount? The possibilites
> are endless.

	We already do this with other linux packages - I think we
	should do it across the board. If you use pkgsrc, then pkgsrc
	should handle everything it uses.	


		David/absolute