Subject: Re: devel/zlib question - exclusion
To: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@in-nomine.org>
From: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/30/2005 11:24:28
Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
> 
> On DragonFly 1.3.x right now we have zlib in /usr/include/zlib.h with at
> least the following version information in the file:
> 
> #define ZLIB_VERSION "1.2.3"
> #define ZLIB_VERNUM 0x1230
> 
> This is what it does if I run bmake from the pkg's directory:
> 
> # /usr/pkg/bin/bmake
> ===> *** No /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles/pkg-vulnerabilities file found,
> ===> *** skipping vulnerability checks. To fix, install
> ===> *** the pkgsrc/security/audit-packages package and run
> ===> *** '/usr/pkg/sbin/download-vulnerability-list'.
> => zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this system.
> [...etc...]
> 

There's no reason to prohibit a package from building just because you 
have it built-in on the system.  The zlib/builtin.mk file just helps the 
pkgsrc infrastructure use either the built-in zlib or the pkgsrc zlib 
when building *other* packages.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>