Re: Cannot install package dcc-dccd

On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 9:27 AM John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:

> It appears that Dan Mahoney (Ports) <freebsd@gushi.org> said:
> >-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> >It would be cool, I suppose, if ports like this could install a “stub”
> package that at least let you see the version in the ports
> >tree, and could tell you when a new version was available to build.
>
> That would be horrible -- every time the package was updated, the real DCC
> would go away
> and all that would be left is the stub.
>
> Every system I've used has had a few ports I build from source because I
> need something
> other than the default config.  I use pkg -l to keep the package system
> from changing
> them and look every once in a while to see if the port has changed.
>
>
While I agree with you here about not having a port, I would like the
description to be updated to state it requires a private build.  If the
package is listed as an available port, that, in my opinion, indicates it
is available as a package.  I realize that is a deficiency in my
understanding of what the ports website entails, but since the clue as to
why was in the makefile and not in the description, then I had to ask the
group mind for help.

Thanks,

Patrick


> R's,
> John
>
>