Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 02:38:40 +0100 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: portmgr@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/64233: [PATCH] bsd.port.mk: improved OPTIONS handling Message-ID: <4053B7A0.8010000@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403131923250.20495-100000@pancho> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403131923250.20495-100000@pancho>
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Mark Linimon wrote: >>Since make describe throws up the OPTIONS screen, that could put a dent >>in things. > > > This will blow up portsmon. I would not be surprised to see it blow > up FreshPorts and Fenner's survey, as well. I doubt it will do any > favors to Kris' make-index tinderbox, either, since 'make index' > involves a recursive 'make describe'. > > IMHO, this is a big-time POLA violation. Please attempt to come up > with some variation on this solution that doesn't do that. As written before: not a real issue. Currently BATCH or PACKAGE_BUILDING disable the configuration dialog and use default options, we can add another variable, like WITHOUT_OPTIONS ;) easily.
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