Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:07:32 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building Pine with PASSFILE option Message-ID: <20070807210309.B84583@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0708070656j77bc1f82l6c267df10e65cdfc@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070807160649.Y22638@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <790a9fff0708070656j77bc1f82l6c267df10e65cdfc@mail.gmail.com>
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Scot Hetzel wrote:
>> I used the "+=" coz I got the got the impression that adds onto the
>> existing extra options. And if I want to make this permanent, can I define
>> it in /etc/make.conf accordingly?
>>
>> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/mail/pine4}
>> EXTRA_OPTS+= PASSFILE=.pine.pwd
>> .endif
>>
> But it will work from /etc/make.conf (using either "=" or "+="), as
> long as you don't select LDAP support.
Oh, so if I add the above stuff to /etc/make.conf it will work? Cool. Then
why won't it work by passing it to "make" on the command line? I thought
stuff in /etc/make.conf got passed to the "make" command ...
> A better way to add support for PASSFILE, would be to add:
>
> PASSFILE "Add support for a Pine Password File (DANGEROUS)" off
>
> to the list of options, then add the following below .if
> defined(WITH_IPV6) ... .endif:
>
> .if defined(WITH_PASSFILE)
> EXTRA_OPTS+= PASSFILE=.pine.pwd
> .endif
<snip>
> After you make these changes and test them, submit the change using
> send-pr for inclusion to the pine4 port. The maintainer will then
> make the decision if this change is appropriate for the ports.
That sounds like fun! I'll try it and get back if there's any problems. :)
Thanks!
Rakhesh
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