Subject: Re: CVS commit: othersrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc
To: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
From: Julio Merino <jmmv@menta.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/27/2003 16:31:36
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:16:50 -0500
Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> wrote:

> grant beattie <grant@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 12:10:43AM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> 
> [commit by Julio]
> 
> > > > Detect basic utilities dynamically, so that the bootstrap script works fine
> > > > under Linux (programs can be placed in different directories, depending on
> > > > the distribution). For other platforms, location of programs can be tuned
> > > > by hand easily, if wanted. For unknown platforms, this may also provide
> > > > better results.
> > > 
> > > I believe this closes PR pkg/20477, no?
> > 
> > I've just updated defs.Linux.mk, which should close this PR.
> 
> Ah, yes, very good.  Still, the question remains how far we take this
> approach.  What if the next Linux sticks stuff in /foo/bin -- do we then
> test those locations, too?  Might get messy...

Yep, you are right... maybe we could genearte defs.Linux.mk on the fly
or automatically add stuff to mk.conf to determine paths in Linux.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@menta.net>
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