misc/dnetc and compat

[Andrew P.]

On 10/29/05, Pav Lucistnik <pav at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Andrew P. píše v ne 30. 10. 2005 v 00:41 +0400:
> > There's a situation with misc/dnetc.
> >
> > It is a closed-source port, compiled for 4.11. Those
> > who wish to run it on 5.x must have
> > COMPAT_FREEBSD4 option compiled in their kernel,
> > otherwise they'll get a bad syscall and a core dump.
> >
> > Some time ago I filed a bug report for that
> > (http://bugs.distributed.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3875)
> > and a developer compiled a version for 5.x. It is
> > available from this page:
> >
> > http://distributed.net/download/prerelease.php
> > http://http.distributed.net/pub/dcti/prerelease/rc/dnetc496-freebsd5-x86-elf.tar.gz
> > ftp://ftp.distributed.net/pub/dcti/prerelease/rc/dnetc496-freebsd5-x86-elf.tar.gz
> >
> > Therefore, to use these compiled binaries, we can:
> >
> > * install it automatically for 5.3 or higher
> > * introduce some option for it
> > * introduce a new port, something like dnetc-devel
> >
> > Personally, I like the first option.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Yes, modify the port to install one binary on 4.X and another on 5.X/6.X
>
> --
> Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
>               <pav at FreeBSD.org>
>
> The answer to the all-encompassing question on life, the universe
> and everything: close windows and reboot.
>
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While we're still here, can I consolidate all the distinfo
files into one nice distinfo? Distfiles all have different
names anyway.

Also, pkg-install and pkg-deinstall make me wanna
scratch. As for me, silent and dumb calls to pw from
the Makefile without the sed stuff would look much
better.

Also, files/INFO is almost identical to pkg-descr
and I don't see a need for it.