Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 15:30:35 -0700 (PDT) From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@manatee.mammalia.org> To: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005011526360.6783-100000@manatee.mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <20000501203757.5E8EF99F8D@waltz.rahul.net>
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On Mon, 1 May 2000, Rahul Dhesi wrote: > Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> writes: > > >The QtGL extensions aren't absolutely necessary, but in the package I'd > >like to support as much as possible. Which is why I haven't gotten > >around to making GL support an option in the port. (That, and time is a > >luxury.) > > I know that time is a luxury, which is why I have the 5-minute solution > for you and for every other ports mainteriner. > > Add a section to the Makefile that goes something like this: > > ## DEPENDENCIES > ## This ports depends on xxx, yyy, zzz. > ## xxx is used for <purpose>. It's not essential. Default is off. > ## To enable xxx, uncomment the next line. > #<symbol> = <rhs> > ## yyy is used for <purpose>. This is quite important and should > ## be left in. However, the port will build without it. Default is on. > ## To disable yyy, comment out the next line. > <symbol> = <rhs> > ## zzz is essential and must not be removed. > <symbol> = <rhs> > ## END DEPENDENCIES Even better, but more difficult to implement, would be a little ncurses dialog box that pops up after the person building the port enters "make". Some ports already have this, offhand I can name ghostscript and rsaref. It makes things easier for the person who doesn't know they can alter the makefiles or doesn't feel comfortable doing so. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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