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From: Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: ports/87497: [NON-MAINTAINER] sysutils/portmanager update to
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The following reply was made to PR ports/87497; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: ports/87497: [NON-MAINTAINER] sysutils/portmanager update to 0.3.0
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:01:59 +0200

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 Am 16. Oct 2005 um 17:54 CEST schrieb Michael C. Shultz:
 > On Sunday 16 October 2005 06:56, you wrote:
 > > How about using OPTIONS instead of pre-fetch?
 > >
 > > Volker
 >=20
 > I don't care for OPTIONS, there are much better ways
 > to handle WITH_* variables, read man (1) portmanager
 > for a few suggestions.
 
 OPTIONS is the only way of providing meta-data that a port has
 any options at all.
 Quoting the Porter's Handbook: "...the ports system provides hooks that
 the port author can use to control which configuration should be built.
 Supporting these properly will make users happy..."
 
 Volker
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