Re: new www.pkgsrc.org - new.pkgsrc.org

["Jonathan Perkin" <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>]

* On 2012-09-05 at 20:05 BST, Luca Sironi wrote:

> 2012/9/5 Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>:
> > * On 2012-09-05 at 19:45 BST, Luca Sironi wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to suggest for the os x section the use of a separate
> >> .sparseimage with a case sensitive file system
> >
> > I'd rather this wasn't recommended - schmonz went to effort to ensure
> > that pkgsrc works fine on case insensitive file systems, and it's best
> > that any regressions are exposed and fixed rather than hidden.
> >
> > I did my full Lion bulk build on case-insensitive /, FWIW.
> 
> Hi Jonathan, aside the case sensitive/insensitive issue, i found
> regardless a good idea to keep pkgsrc
> separate from the hosting system in a disk image.
> This could give some freedom into putting for example pkgsrc on a
> separate hard drive and have it with you
> easily in case you had to use it on another people's macintosh.

Sure, that part is reasonable :)

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