On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47:49PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > I cannot currently actively participate in implementing proposed things, > > but I can give advice on sqlite, database and xml schemas if anyone > > wants to... > > One of the things that would be nice for a replacement to do would be > to correctly install i386 packages on amd64 platforms (and similar > things).
This has nothing to do with a new packaging system and can be done today if someone cares enough to work on it. > The binaries will run if we have all the libraries installed, > but getting them installed is painful. At the very least, an installed > package needs to know what platform it was built for, so that packages > being installed cross-platform have a chance of figuring out whether > or not the installed version of FOO will work for them, or they need > to get a version for their specific platform. If the new version can't > make cross-platform installs work, hopefully that goal can be kept in > mind while the work is beign done. > > Personally, I'd still like LOCALBASE to move out of /usr/local. Maybe > it's time to reconsider that. Not gonna happen as a default, but you can change it on your systems if you like. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
