From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 13 07:37:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D990C16A46B for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:37:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91BF213C458 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:37:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A5FA25.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.250.37]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 845F72E146; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:37:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDA3A5B490D; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:36:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l5D7awkx096690; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:36:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:36:58 +0200 Message-ID: <20070613093658.dk1r5iud8gssss0o@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:36:58 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Gabor Tjong A Hung References: <200706090936.51775.david@vizion2000.net> <20070609203316.GC71246@voodoo.bawue.com> <20070611151636.GA16517@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <822946050706120826r75835defj2dbf76fc2ecfccb6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <822946050706120826r75835defj2dbf76fc2ecfccb6@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) / FreeBSD-7.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=2.601, required 8, BAYES_50 2.50, DKIM_POLICY_SIGNSOME 0.00, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamScore: ss X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ./options-descr file suggestion for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:37:21 -0000 Quoting Gabor Tjong A Hung (from Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:26:35 +0200): > As it is now some ports don't even have OPTIONS, and you need to define > variables to "define" your options. I don't really understand why this is > done this way, but this is equally annoying. First there where no OPTIONS, then OPTIONS was introduced. If you feel annoyed by those ports which are not converted yet to OPTIONS (because nobody felt annoyed enough to convert them), feel free to submit patches for them. Bye, Alexander. -- A political man can have as his aim the realization of freedom, but he has no means to realize it other than through violence. -- Jean Paul Sartre http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137