Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:45:23 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: dwcjr@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CUPS support can be unconditional Message-ID: <20020111144245.T80091-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20020111193232.GA45614@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Alan Eldridge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:21:28PM -0500, Joe Clarke wrote: > > > >But we do this with a lot of ports in FreeBSD. Should all the conditional > >build knobs we taken out, and all ports built with all options enabled? > > No, of course not. But I think you'd agree that both Samba and Cups are > kind of special, being file and print servers. (It's not like "Do I want > Ogg-Vorbis support?") > > >Now, maybe build with CUPS support iff WITH_CUPS && PACKAGE_BUILDING would > > s/&&/||/ > > But - I tend to disagree with ports that build a different way on bento > than they do by default. > > Say I have a nice installed-from-packages working system, with samba > and cups, I run portupgrade, and it builds me a new samba, with a > configuration that doesn't match the package I got off my CDROM, and > *poof* my printing support vanishes without warning. Severe violation > of POLA. I think it makes things even more confusing since CUPS printing will not work with just cups-base. And, when you compile with CUPS printing, Samba tries to enable it by default. Therefore, without cups-lpr, printing will be broken in CUPS by default if you just include cups-base...and do so unconditionally. Joe > > -- > Alan Eldridge > Pmmfmffmmfmp mmmpppppffmpmfpmpppff PmpMpmMpp ppfppp MpfpffmppmppMmpFmmMpm > mfpmmmmmfpmpmpppff. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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