Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/libscsi

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 01:20:05PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:47:14AM +0000, John Marino wrote:
> > Module Name:        pkgsrc
> > Committed By:       marino
> > Date:               Tue Nov 22 10:47:14 UTC 2011
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     pkgsrc/devel/libscsi: Makefile
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > devel/libscsi: Disable FreeBSD and DragonFly
> > 
> > The FreeBSD SCSI library, on which this package is based, was removed in
> > 1998 and replaced with CAM-SCSI.  DragonFly never had it.  Neither
> > platform has the required <sys/scsiio.h>.  Other patches are
> > NetBSD-specific, so the scope of this package must be narrowed once again.
> 
> Seeing that this package is only used by audio/cdd and audio/tosha,
> two programs for ripping cds that haven't been updated since 1997
> resp. 2001, I suggest we remove all three of them (use cdrecord instead).

Strongly seconded, yes, please.

Thanks,
Alistair