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From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>
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V so, 27. 03. 2004 v 21:01, Thomas-Martin Seck p=ED=B9e:

> * SADA Kenji <sada@freebsd.org> [gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports]:
>=20
> > .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/libldap.so)
> > WITH_LDAP=3D      yes
> > OPTIONS+=3D       LDAP "Support for LDAP queries" on
> > .else
> > OPTIONS+=3D       LDAP "Support for LDAP queries" off
> > .endif
>=20
> Please do not do this. IMHO, ports that autotune themselves are a bad
> idea and abusing OPTIONS for this is even worse. If you - as the
> maintainer - decide that LDAP support is optional, default the port to
> not include it. Period. If the user wants LDAP she can always say so
> herself, either via the commandline or via 'make config'.

Why not? This is a common practice that port autodetects optional
dependencies and automatically enable/disable them.

--=20
Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
              <pav@FreeBSD.org>

Quantum physics was developed in the 1930's, as a result of a bet between
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, to see who could come up with the most
ridiculous theory and still have it published.

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