From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aharon Robbins Message-Id: <200311171343.hAHDh3Eb001606@skeeve.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: configure misery In-Reply-To: <20031117145310.D16487@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <200311160804.hAG84F7Y002284@skeeve.com> Cc: Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:43:03 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8d6d96e4-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <20031117145310.D16487@cackle.proxima.alt.za> you write: >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:42:14PM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote: >> > >> They may have done what NetBSD did, which is to use a directory >> hierarchy for the distribution packages which is unique to them >> (/usr/pkg). You probably know this. >> >> [ ... ] > >Oops, I meant that to go to Aharon only, but forgot that Mutt has its >own mind. The list also sets the reply-to. I didn't know about *BSD's /usr/pkg. But again, they made their own work. I work under Linux, and find it stable, reliable, fast and useful. Much better than any proprietary Unix. My Linux systems don't crash, and they don't lose files. Is fossil/venti there yet? It's hard to judge based on the list traffic. Granted, they're both quite young, but I need my systems to make my living. Maybe my using Linux makes me personna non grata here, if so too bad. I'm also a GNU volunteer that doesn't touch Emacs, so there, nyah, nyah, nyah. If Geoff can tweak config.sub so that it recognizes plan 9, then please do so and mail it in; it'll get added. The Autoconf people are aware of autoconf's flaws; the shared database thing is, I believe, on their list. There is already configure.cache so that reconfiguring the same package is sped up. Again, if it matters to you, talk to them, don't just sit off in the 9fans corner sulking. Really people, I think Plan 9 is great, I wish I had the time to invest in working with it, and I'd love to see it take over the world. But it's not true that the only source of decent software is 1127, and it's also not true that there's nothing you can do about GNUware that you don't like. (Yes, boyd, er, Susan, heresy. Oh well.) Arnold