Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:20:02 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bsd.port.options.mk status Message-ID: <46E5D122.8080408@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070910152612.GA15850@hades.panopticon> References: <20070909194620.GB14713@hades.panopticon> <1189368742.17083.37.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20070909220132.GC14713@hades.panopticon> <1189376094.17083.57.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20070910152612.GA15850@hades.panopticon>
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Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > * Pav Lucistnik (pav@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > >>>> It's possible to use this feature, but only on -CURRENT and -STABLE >>>> FreeBSD systems newer than certain date. No existing release supports it >>>> - it will be supported in upcoming 6.3 and 7.0. >>> Erm, isn't ports code (more or less) release-independent? What's missing >>> in existing FreeBSD versions that's needed to support options.mk? >> The make only looks into /usr/share/mk for includes, until told >> otherwise. bsd.port.options.mk is included before bsd.port.pre.mk, so it >> can't be found. Base system was modified to install stub of the same >> name into /usr/share/mk to workaround this problem. > Understood. Then we really have to wait till 5.5 and 6.2 EOL to use > options.mk... That's a bit strange to wait multiple years for an > useful feature, aren't there any workaround planned? I have some ideas on how to construct a working time machine, but I just need some seed capital :) Kris
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