Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 03:10:22 +0400 From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf Message-ID: <19980417031022.02794@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <199804162246.PAA10665@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>; from asami@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:46:33PM -0700 References: <199804160801.BAA06806@freefall.freebsd.org> <199804162246.PAA10665@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:46:33PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote:
> (1) There is no description of MOTIF_STATIC. People will most likely
> misunderstand the one above ("If you have Motif...") to mean both
> lines and end up linking everything with libXm.a.
Please add proper description in good English, I am not able to do it.
> (2) The MOTIFLIB description is not appropriate anymore, now that
> MOTIF_STATIC is given as an example here.
It should be changed too, I agree.
> MOTIF_STATIC was never intended for use by ordinary users. It is only
> used for package-builders. Do we add every possible variable in
> make.conf (if so, I have a few dozen more from bsd.port.mk) or only
> have the common cases in here?
I think system should be comfortable for developers first and next for
ordinary users.
> Maybe it's time for /etc/make.conf.ports? (No I'm not kidding.)
Yes, good idea.
--
Andrey A. Chernov
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