First of all, you should have taken this to ports@, not to misc@. On Nov 14 16:13:34, John Tate wrote: > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. > > cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code. > cdrecord: If you need DVD-R/DVD-RW support, ask the Author for > cdrecord-ProDVD. > cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/ > > Apparently this support code has been in cdrtools since 2009,
May 15th 2006, to be precise. ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/README > the site > it tells me to go to tells me I don't need it. It's like bureaucracy, > lol. lol indeed. > I could build their cdrtools, but the port must be ancient or something. The version in ports is as recent as someone cared. Currently, sysutils/cdrtools has no MAINTAINER. You are very welcome to maintain an up-to-date port of cdrtools. (Please read all of the relevant documentation before attempting this.) My guess is it will never happen though. > Perhaps I could become a packager. Absolutely. On Nov 14 22:07:06, John Tate wrote: > I clearly should become a packager. That is your future. In fact, I would be willing to buy the filming rights to the heroic breakthrough that is hidden behind these four lines: On Nov 14 16:13:34, John Tate wrote: > Perhaps I could become a packager. On Nov 14 22:07:06, John Tate wrote: > I clearly should become a packager. "FIND OUT ... WHAT HAPPENED .... IN THOSE SIX HOURS ... COMMING SOON!" On Nov 15 02:04:16, John Tate wrote: > Make install does nothing in /usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools/, > and the ports is the tarball from > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.0/ports.tar.gz - it does not error > there is simply no output. It does compile. I honestly think something > has been missed. It builds and installs just fine. > As for my confused posts, well, it happens I'm not > perfect, but it has little baring on anything. http://johntate.org/fact/johntate is almost perfect though, in a sense.
