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Date:      Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:11:36 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-xfce@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/xfce4-utils Makefile
Message-ID:  <4EEFD2B8.1050006@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CADLo838TKwEZwLfXsAYmXowKweM8MiC5=BT5NFGyegWyubcX=A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201112181751.pBIHpivv027591@repoman.freebsd.org> <4EEF0AF1.20501@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo838TKwEZwLfXsAYmXowKweM8MiC5=BT5NFGyegWyubcX=A@mail.gmail.com>

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On 12/19/2011 02:03, Chris Rees wrote:
> 
> On 19 Dec 2011 09:59, "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org
> <mailto:dougb@freebsd.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, that's 1/3 of the job done. :)  The problem is that the current
>> OPTION creates the false idea that the only way you can lock your screen
>> is to use xlockmore.
>>
>> Perhaps you missed my followup where I mentioned that the next step
>> would be to add an OPTION for xscreensaver as well, and the logic to
>> avoid having them both defined.
> 
> I'll look at that later.

Thanks. In answer to your question avoiding having both enabled would be
nice since it avoids duplicate, unnecessary redundancy.

>> Better yet would be to detect if one or the other is already installed,
>> and default the OPTIONS accordingly.
> 
> Autodetection in ports? No thanks!

I didn't suggest autodetecting for the dependencies, I suggested it for
the OPTIONS. That's been done for a long time, and ideally should be how
it's always done.


Doug

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