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Date:      Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:17:40 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/www/mplayer-plugin Makefile
Message-ID:  <1078561060.30101.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040306081037.GA27564@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200403060733.i267XKd3044611@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040306081037.GA27564@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 03:10, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:33:20PM -0800, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > marcus      2004/03/05 23:33:20 PST
> >=20
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> >=20
> >   Modified files:
> >     www/mplayer-plugin   Makefile=20
> >   Log:
> >   Add firefox support via WITH_MOZILLA=3Dfirefox.  Note: this only work=
s for
> >   mplayer-plugin.  Setting WITH_MOZILLA=3Dfirefox will not work with th=
e
> >   galeon ports.
>=20
> Shouldn't this be WITH_FIREFOX=3Dyes or similar?  Most WITH_ and
> WITHOUT_ variables do not care about the value, and giving them
> special values makes it difficult to use with configuration tools like
> 'make config'.

This was done for scaling purposes in the original Mozilla-based ports
(galeon, galeon2, epiphany).  This way, one can specify the mozilla they
want to use (be it mozilla, mozilla-devel, and one point mozilla-vendor,
and now firefox).  It was easier than defining a large number of macros
then deciding on precedence.

Joe

>=20
> Kris
--=20
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome

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