Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] groff 1.19.2 has been released -- mingwPORT in pipeline

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Quoting Keith Marshall <kei...@nt...>:


>
> Now that this is available, I'm putting together a mingwPORT -- I expect it
> to be ready within the next few days.
>
> Meanwhile, I've encountered a few problems with the `portmaker' module from
> CVS;  (I'm cross building on a GNU/Linux host).  I've resolved some of them:
>
> 2005-09-10  Keith Marshall  <kei...@us...>
>
>        * lib/mingwPORT.functions (ask): Omit `()' if no default.
>          (isyes): Accept abbreviated `yes' argument.
>        * src/Makefile (portmaker): Make it executable.
>        * src/portmaker.sh (makeport): Remove obsolete reference...
>          (portmaker): ... and replace with this.
>          (ARCHIVEHOME): Add missing `/' in `http://...'.
>          (PORTPATH): Eval it.
>
> The patch is number 1286563, in the contributions category on the patch
> tracker.
>

Keith, I've given you write karma to the portmaker CVS module.  Please commit.

> Installing this module was unbelievably fiddly -- the provided `Makefile's
> need some rework, preferrably renaming them as `Makefile.in's, and providing
> a proper `configure' script.  I'm willing to put in some work on this, if you
> would like me to, Earnie.
>

Run with it.  I barely have time to read list email.

Earnie