Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 15:20:42 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@manatee.mammalia.org> Cc: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?) Message-ID: <20000504152042.B19808@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005011526360.6783-100000@manatee.mammalia.org>; from rjoseph@manatee.mammalia.org on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 03:30:35PM -0700 References: <20000501203757.5E8EF99F8D@waltz.rahul.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005011526360.6783-100000@manatee.mammalia.org>
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On Mon 2000-05-01 (15:30), R Joseph Wright wrote: > > Add a section to the Makefile that goes something like this: > > > > ## DEPENDENCIES > > ## This ports depends on xxx, yyy, zzz. > > ## xxx is used for <purpose>. It's not essential. Default is off. > > ## To enable xxx, uncomment the next line. > > #<symbol> = <rhs> > > ## yyy is used for <purpose>. This is quite important and should > > ## be left in. However, the port will build without it. Default is on. > > ## To disable yyy, comment out the next line. > > <symbol> = <rhs> > > ## zzz is essential and must not be removed. > > <symbol> = <rhs> > > ## END DEPENDENCIES > > Even better, but more difficult to implement, would be a little ncurses > dialog box that pops up after the person building the port enters > "make". Some ports already have this, offhand I can name ghostscript and > rsaref. It makes things easier for the person who doesn't know they can > alter the makefiles or doesn't feel comfortable doing so. portconf. http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nbm/portconf/ Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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