Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:01:20 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now Message-ID: <20100116190120.GA59663@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be1001161001i5d398205hea3d2ec1978ee3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be1001161001i5d398205hea3d2ec1978ee3f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:01:47PM -0500, b. f. wrote:
> >> Since some folks like the old behavior and some folks like the new
> >> behavior, what do you all think of a user-selectable make.conf option =
to
> >> choose where the check-conflicts target appears in the port build sequ=
ence?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Greg
> >>
>=20
> >I'd love that. The new behavior isn't a bad default, but it needs an
> >override.
>=20
> >Wait a minute; rewind. Isn't that what "make -DDISABLE_CONFLICTS" does?
>=20
> I believe that he is talking about changing _when_ the check for
> conflicts is made; whereas DISABLE_CONFLICTS ignores the check,
> regardless of when it is made. A late check is preferable to using
> DISABLE_CONFLICTS, because with that knob you can shoot yourself in
> the foot by mistakenly installing one port on top of another.
Best:
check for conflicts early, error out early if there are conflicts so
one doesn't waste hours compiling something and checking/installing
dependencies and so on
Middling:
check for conflicts late
Worst:
don't check for conflicts at all
Yeah, sounds about right.
--=20
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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