On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Mark Shepard wrote:

> I _like_ the idea of a email-summary of "What's New in the World of Ports".

We used to have this.  I think it morphed into the webpage mutation we
have now (note you can request all the changed ports in the last X time
frame).

Maybe it's posted to the -ports mailing list?

> - Before I do a "make install", is there some way to
>   find out exactly which dependencies of the port I'm installing are also
>   going to need to be upgraded?

I think a 'make checkdep' type target to run the dependency check w/o
actually building them would be a plus.  This should be very easy to do w/
the current bsd.port.mk frame.

Doug White                               
Internet:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org



To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Reply via email to