On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 05:39:36PM +1100, Ian McWilliam wrote: > > On 14 Dec 2005, at 5:26 PM, Jolan Luff wrote: > > >On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:31:31PM +1100, Ian McWilliam wrote: > >> > >>On 14 Dec 2005, at 12:59 PM, Jolan Luff wrote: > >> > >>>On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 12:51:17PM +1100, Ian McWilliam wrote: > >>>> > >>>>On 14 Dec 2005, at 10:42 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>It is time to ask ourselves how this state of affairs came to > >>>>>be. Who > >>>>>commited the stuff that broke so many packages? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>And why do fixes for broken ports get ignored? > >>> > >>>can you be more specific? like examples with links to mailing list > >>>archives... > >>> > >> > >>OK start with these two. > >> > >>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-ports&m=113314195505905&w=2 > >> > >>akpop3d - had some users screaming for help. > > > >yes, i remember this one. unfortunately, i stopped following the > >thread > >once naddy@ replied since he had originally imported it and he said he > >contacted the maintainer. > > > >>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-ports&m=113222907802512&w=2 > >> > >>pear php4 - this one stops anyone , (and it's a real nice show > >>stopper! as it tries to recompile the entire php4 port from scratch > >>and winds up failing anyway) like myself from creating pear ports, > >>like when I was creating a pear Logging port to work with the openbsd > >>ports tree. > > > >the pear ports that i checked all use php5 so i don't see what the > >issue > >is. did i miss some pear ports? > > > > Probably not, but there are other applications (no pun intended) in > the usage of the ports tree than what is currently supported. So for > those of use needing/requiring to write pear ports against php4, yes > it's an issue.
i would say copy www/php4 to mystuff and adjust PORTSDIR_PATH then.
