Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:50:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Inverting OPTIONS (Was: Re: cvs commit: ports/net-im/libpurple Makefile distinfo) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007261749580.20040@qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20100726233950.822f4f13.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> References: <201007250132.o6P1Whjh069411@repoman.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007250056300.1689@qbhto.arg> <20100726135113.0ee77eea.ehaupt@critical.ch> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007261326560.33929@qbhto.arg> <20100726233950.822f4f13.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Emanuel Haupt wrote: >> >>> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>>> ports/net-im/libpurple/files/patch-libpurple_protocols_oscar_oscar.c >>>> has been added to the latest version, so the patch is no longer >>>> needed. >>> >>> Also, the PLIST is broken if the PERL option is specified: >>> >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~ehaupt/buildlogs/libpurple-2.7.2.log >>> >>> Maybe from time to time a QAT exp run with inverted OPTIONS values >>> would be revealing. >> >> As I said on IRC yesterday, there is no reason to expect that simply >> inverting OPTIONS would work. A lot of OPTIONS are not binary, and >> the defaults are chose to work together, often in harmony with the >> dependencies that they trigger. >> >> Put another way, it does not logically follow that if "A, B, and !C" >> works that "!A, !B, and C" would also work. > > I didn't assume that. It would be an easy way to spot simple mistakes > such as incomplete package lists, unfetchable optional distfiles, > things like that. Well then why don't you explain in more detail what you're suggesting, because one of us is confused. :) -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso
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