Subject: Re: pkgsrc to replace build.sh
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/30/2007 14:31:05
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:37:33AM -0400, matthew sporleder wrote:
> Hey, guys.  I know pkgsrc has been getting a lot more capable in terms
> of cross-compilation, pkg options, and so forth; as such, the idea
> that pkgsrc could be used to replace build.sh for building netbsd has
> been running through my head a lot.  I just wanted to toss this out
> there and see if anyone else was thinking in the same direction.

It can't really -- how do you build the toolchain? I don't think it is
that useful either, just like I am not sure that syspkg is that useful
either. That said, better interaction of pkgsrc and build.sh is still on
my todo list.

Joerg