Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 04:28:25 -0500 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Problems compiling Apache2 under 5.2.1-P1 Message-ID: <20040313092825.GF40525@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <4052CC12.6020408@FreeBSD.org> References: <95692348.1079092312@[10.122.7.143]> <20040312130326.7f63cf21.clement@FreeBSD.org> <100948596.1079097568@[10.122.7.143]> <20040312140414.7469562c.clement@FreeBSD.org> <4051B6B8.7050001@FreeBSD.org> <1079142137.344.13.camel@reaper.lovett.com> <4052CC12.6020408@FreeBSD.org>
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>> (03.13.2004 @ 0353 PST): Alex Dupre said, in 1.2K: << > - WANT_* means I want autotools > - USE_* means I want to *use* autotools (and implies WANT_*) > > The run-autotools stage in fact is driven by the USE_* knobs. > WANT_* is used by ports that run autotools in a particular way (called > by other programs or called with particular parameters) and cannot run > the usual run-autotools stage. With this change they are called twice. > If you say that in your system they are equivalent, probably you have a > non-standard system. >> end of "Re: Problems compiling Apache2 under 5.2.1-P1" from Alex Dupre << I recognize that a number of ports use WANT_* in this manner, but if separate WANT_* behaviour is being phased out, why not just use BUILD_DEPENDS to achieve the desired effect? # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adamw@gnome.org \\oo// adamw@FreeBSD.org adamw@vectors.cx \\// adamw@magnesium.net http://www.vectors.cx
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