From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 12:12:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D003E1065670; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:12:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3518FC0A; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 12:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz15 with SMTP id 15so6940703bwz.13 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:12:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=0dAjhxGBplbhTh+W9nJxDuu/giP34wYEAIFDEjcmHpA=; b=Zro8H7tRq7nX+eQHm7AJC4Cq/xoGtW7RBxnzK66Lhf4WxZBNIFRtTicnJZ3eu8/BZs pP93syWLGvYRXpCgco9RLG0ugOvOF5nc7A8itF6TH5q/VBYyLQxfdBiQC3dS3HUffily BOcn/TGeAKAMmiHYWuCnA31bd7wMFvQsyYcQA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GAAcoz1TDyLAhG48SuyKupfqVQqvZO4Co4eCI9mGv9q6GyhW0utgRy5eE31yJj4VVH ZQ0x23LXDM1daGPYu5r6wkCzWK790nkLxUmm/BIrgcJ0uDkdu3Ih6OKtFK7/JdfvT4w1 RWNhodqkRx4Xpb3Sl+l2VROLf7FyE+HEykmOE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.76.69 with SMTP id b5mr9731598bkk.79.1286367138098; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:12:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.97.208 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 05:12:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101005182407.GE7829@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <4C93AA31.5080202@DataIX.net> <20100918223933.GB85995@dragon.NUXI.org> <20101002002605.GA8018@dragon.NUXI.org> <20101005182407.GE7829@dragon.NUXI.org> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:12:18 +0200 Message-ID: From: David DEMELIER To: obrien@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: OPTIONS (was: editors/vim installs to /) 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, 06 Oct 2010 12:12:19 -0000 2010/10/5 David O'Brien : > On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 10:22:46AM +0200, David DEMELIER wrote: >> 2010/10/2 David O'Brien : >> > 2. With the way OPTIONS handling is done, there isn't a way for me >> > to query if I built with the defaults or not. >> > Thus leading to every port I manually install looking like it was >> > customized just because /var/db/ports/${PORTNAME} exists. =C2=A0Thus >> > implying I can no longer install the pre-build package. >> >> make rmconfig ? > > I think you've missed my point. > > That does not tell me if I, in the past, made a decision that did not > like the maintainer's defaults, or if I just wanted to extract the > sources so I could read the license or figure out what the OPTIONS knobs > were about, etc.. > I understood, you prefere a file like make.conf or ports.conf to see which options/knob is defined, isn't it ? >> The best thing to do is switch totally to a way to configure a port >> and remove the other one. > > Only if folks agree on what the best way to configure a port is. > I spoke with some co-workers last week, and OPTIONS weren't very > popular with them. =C2=A0They also stated some of the the issues I listed= . > > >> I think we should try to upgrade the options >> framework with what I said at 4. and 3. It's possible but we need some >> work. > > Even without forcing all ports to go in one direction for configuration, > this would be a Good Thing to do. =C2=A0Hopefully someone with interest w= ill > submit some patches. > I will try to do it, I think a replacement of ports.conf with a make syntax would be better. I will try to do something in the end of week. > -- > -- David =C2=A0(obrien@FreeBSD.org) > Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned= upon? > Let's not play "Jeopardy-style quoting" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Kind regards, --=20 Demelier David