Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:09:46 -0300
From:      Alejandro Pulver <alepulver@FreeBSD.org>
To:        pav@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.wx.mk
Message-ID:  <20061231160946.71e9cd55@phobos.mars.bsd>
In-Reply-To: <1167590824.1320.52.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
References:  <200612310434.kBV4YRXS037540@repoman.freebsd.org> <1167575429.1320.24.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20061231133753.4156b868@phobos.mars.bsd> <1167584645.1320.33.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20061231150344.25871955@phobos.mars.bsd> <1167590824.1320.52.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>

index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail

[-- Attachment #1 --]
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:47:04 +0100
Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Alejandro Pulver píše v ne 31. 12. 2006 v 15:03 -0300:
> > On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:04:05 +0100
> > Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Alejandro Pulver píše v ne 31. 12. 2006 v 13:37 -0300:
> > > > On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:30:29 +0100
> > > > Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > >   - Remove _WX_ILLEGAL_VERS_* added in the last update to 2.8. The reason is
> > > > > >     that each port should choose the version it can use, that includes taking
> > > > > >     into account available components (also this brings much more chicken and
> > > > > >     egg problems so the code could get really messy).
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have reverted this. It's needed as long as you want to let people use
> > > > > ranges like 2.4+ together with python component, etc.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > It is complex to do that (if you want to do it the right way), because
> > > > you need to parse components and dependencies before selecting a
> > > > version. The current code is wrong since it will only reject components
> > > > without dependency type specifications (and if there were dependencies
> > > > then it will also ignore them).
> > > > 
> > > > I think people should select the versions that actually work with the
> > > > port, that's why the version specification string is so flexible.
> > > > 
> > > > Also, if versions with invalid components are removed then the reported
> > > > error if a user writes USE_WX=2.4 and WX_COMPS=svg would be "selected a
> > > > null or invalid WxWidgets version" instead of "selected a WxWidgets
> > > > component (${_WX_COMP}) which is not available for the selected version
> > > > (${_WX_VER})".
> > > 
> > > That can be done, I'm confident.
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, but it will remove flexibility in some way:
> > 
> > Currently the version is processed independently from the components.
> > The first one is done in <bsd.port.post.mk> or in <bsd.port.pre.mk> if
> > WX_PREMK is defined (for ports like "x11-toolkits/py-wxPython26"). And
> > the second one is always checked in <bsd.port.post.mk>.
> > 
> > If I make the version to depend on the components, then when USE_PREMK
> > is defined, the port won't be able to modify WX_COMPS after
> > <bsd.port.pre.mk> (because the components can alter the version, and if
> > then the port will think it's using one, but other will be used).
> 
> Is this the problem with upcoming rollout of bsd.options.mk ?
> 
> I mean, do you need to change WX_COMPS after bsd.port.pre.mk except when
> handling OPTIONS and WITH_* flags?
> 

No at least when the port checks variables defined after
<bsd.port.pre.mk>, like ${ARCH}.

Best Regards,
Ale

[-- Attachment #2 --]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQFFmAsCiV05EpRcP2ERAu4FAJkBR/LD7OFpJYRhb2xJtQLe68HlHACgsRFo
nUQCooRb8u1X+IAbjNjWHMg=
=T2cS
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
help

Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20061231160946.71e9cd55>