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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:16:54 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/mk bsd.libnames.mk src/lib/bind config.mk src/lib/bind/bind Makefile src/lib/bind/bind9 Makefile src/lib/bind/dns Makefile src/lib/bind/isc Makefile src/lib/bind/isccc Makefi
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0409241811490.93902@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <41545194.1030700@DougBarton.net>
References:  <200409241342.i8ODg06a030839@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040924164730.GA4259@xor.obsecurity.org> <41545194.1030700@DougBarton.net>

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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Doug Barton wrote:

> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 01:42:00PM +0000, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >
> >
> >>  Log:
> >>  Don't expose BIND libraries and their headers to the public by default,
> >>  but have a knob (WANT_BIND_LIBS) to build and install them in /usr/lib
> >>  and /usr/include.  Rumors are that this may be useful at a later point,
> >>  let's see.
> >
> >
> > The naming of this is inconsistent with the ports collection: WANT_*
> > variables are for internal port use only, and may not be set by the
> > user.  User control switches are in the WITH_*/WITHOUT_* namespace.
>
> Argh, thanks. I had this thought in the back of my mind, but got it
> backwards. We'll get this fixed.

well actually for the base system shouldn't things be named NO_* ?
So NO_BIND_LIBS in addition to NO_BIND would be better with but with
a default to false instead of true ?
It's confusing anyway because it's the other way round things are
normally used but ENABLE_BIND_LIBS doesn't sound to be an option either.

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Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT



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