misc/dnetc and compat

[Pav Lucistnik]

Andrew P. píše v ne 30. 10. 2005 v 03:52 +0300:
> On 10/30/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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

> > While we're still here, can I consolidate all the distinfo
> > files into one nice distinfo? Distfiles all have different
> > names anyway.

It's a matter of preference, I don't mind staying per-arch, you can
execute "make makesum" on them this way.

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

It's getting installed into ${PREFIX}/distributed.net in do-install:
target. You would need to ask maintainer for the idea behind this.

-- 
Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
              <pav at FreeBSD.org>

Why did the stoplight turn red?
You would too, if you had to change in front of all those people.
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