Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:43:24 -0700 From: Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Andy Farkas <andyf@andyit.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADUP] FLAVORS landing. Message-ID: <60dff9c5-e64f-8069-1c41-31ecaca884df@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <20170926235609.GC3564@eureka.lemis.com> References: <dcc6fa75-8325-01e9-4a86-e3bc61bb27a2@FreeBSD.org> <wp4l-tjwn-wny@FreeBSD.org> <344ede5c-4147-aab3-a54e-a54aa1f6c4c5@FreeBSD.org> <59CA9EE1.7040705@andyit.com.au> <20170926235609.GC3564@eureka.lemis.com>
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On 09/26/2017 16:56, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 4:39:29 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: >> On 27/09/2017 04:22, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >> >>> Please read the whole email. >> >> What are FLAVORS and why do I need it? >> >> Is there somewhere that explains the intent and purpose? > > Thank you! Just the question I was going to ask. FLAVORS allows a pkg repo to contain variations of the same port. For example, a port that has two mutually exclusive options can now exist in the public repo as both builds (each with their own FLAVOR suffix), rather than requiring the port maintainer select a default and force users of the other to compile the port themselves, or do things like maintain subports.
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