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Date:      Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:22:10 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r324628 - in head/ports-mgmt/portconf: . files
Message-ID:  <20130812132210.GA24822@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201308121305.r7CD58rT096600@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201308121305.r7CD58rT096600@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 01:05:08PM +0000, Alex Dupre wrote:
> New Revision: 324628
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/324628
> 
> Add dash (-) and plus (+) symbols to allowed characters in variable names:
> 
> Dash symbols are required when using OptionsNG and $UNIQUENAME_SET/UNSET.
> e.g. apache22-event-mpm_SET=...
> 
> Plus symbols can be used to extend existing variables. e.g. OPTIONS_SET+=...

I'm a bit worried if this change could potentially allow OPTIONS knobs
themselves have -/+ chars in their names.  This would be unfortunate, as
there are plans for future OptionsNG enhancements that are making use of
these chars for special purposes.

./danfe



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