On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:16:34PM +0000, Sergey A. Osokin wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 08:58:35AM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:40:57PM +0000, Sergey A. Osokin wrote:
> > > osa         2006-02-27 12:40:57 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     comms/ltmdm          Makefile pkg-plist 
> > >   Added files:
> > >     comms/ltmdm/files    pkg-message.in 
> > >   Removed files:
> > >     comms/ltmdm          pkg-message 
> > >     comms/ltmdm/files    ltmdm.sh.in 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Install kernel module to ${KMODDIR}. [1]
> > >   Update port infrastructure.
> > >   Do not build package for this port, because it depends on kernel 
> > > sources.
> > 
> > This isn't a good reason not to package it.  For example, the package
> > from the release package sets is quite fine to use on release systems.
> 
> Two reasons against package:
> 1. ltmdm-1.4.tgz distribution containes Linux binary kernel module
> ltmdmobj.o.  The licence for this file in unknown.  AFAIK ltmdmobj.o
> module built by Lucent (Agere).

OK, license reasons are very good reasons not to distribute.  But in
that case you should mark the port RESTRICTED

> 2. ltmdm package should be compiled with FreeBSD source tree.

I don't understand 2.  The package *is* compiled with the FreeBSD
source tree.

Kris

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