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List:       crux
Subject:    Re: making cvs ports
From:       waltdnes () waltdnes ! org
Date:       2003-05-15 4:45:03
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On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 10:01:34AM +1000, Daniel W. wrote
> On Sun, 11 May 2003 10:09:59 -0700
> Justin Rebelo <justin@pfusch.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Is there some way to make it do this?
> 
> I really hope there will be in the future, I've got many programs
> where the source can only be grabbed by CVS (pheonix, winex etc...) It
> is something that needs to be addressed, however whether it would
> complicate things is another matter. In my own view, having a dummy
> file in the package is an ugly work-around.
> 
> Perhaps in the next release of pkgutils there would be CVS support
> and post-pre install functionality?

  This sounds like something that should be altogether separate from
ports.  Yes, it's a good idea, but it's orthoganal to the ports concept.

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