build a port that depends on Java
Olivier Nicole
Olivier.Nicole at cs.ait.ac.th
Wed Dec 9 03:04:09 UTC 2009
Hi,
> Another problem is that the original file for port is in `.zip`
> format. As far as I know `.zip` isn't natively supported in
> FreeBSD. Should I convert that file to `.tar.gz` format and
> redistribute in my site (instead of using file from VUE master
> site?). Though using
> "EXTRACT_DEPENDS=unzip:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/unzip" is possible I
> think such usage is so expensive :)
Unkless you are building some kind of embeded system where every byte
on disk is important, just install unzip, it's harmless, and save you
the burden to repackage the port every time they come up with a new
version.
Bests,
Olivier
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