make search key= quite useless these days

Kent Stewart kstewart at owt.com
Thu Apr 3 04:32:41 PST 2003


On Thursday 03 April 2003 12:56 am, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 02:38:36PM -0800, Wes Peters wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 April 2003 05:05, Greg Panula wrote:
> > > Aye, missing pkg-message files could be the cause of your
> > > problems.
> >
> > The contents of (many of) the various info files are being folded
> > into the Makefiles.
> >
> > > --------------------->8------------------
> > > The important bits are:
> > > *default release=cvs tag=.
> > > and
> > > ports-base
> >
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Hmmm, I thought this was included in the "ports-all" that I have in
> my sup-file.
>
> Or is that old syntax?
>
> I'll add it immediately

It is part of ports-all. In addition, if you select only pieces, it is 
likely that a "make index" will fail and not include some ports in the 
INDEX file.

Kent

>
> > This part is absolutely essential, even if you're only supping one
> > or two other categories.  This category is the one that delivers
> > enhancements to the port build infrastructure, like the makefiles.
> >
> >
> > --
> >          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> >
> > Wes Peters                                             
> > wes at softweyr.com

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Kent Stewart
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