Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:07:45 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dealing with options in dependent ports Message-ID: <9FBCB70DE736FC2D5695947B@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20121130154740.GA16360@graf.pompo.net> References: <A9F2CA034E76DB10EB615B3B@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> <20121130154740.GA16360@graf.pompo.net>
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--On November 30, 2012 4:47:40 PM +0100 Thierry Thomas=20 <thierry@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Le ven 30 nov 12 =C3=A0 16:36:32 +0100, Paul Schmehl > <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> =C3=A9crivait=C2=A0: >> I'm working on a port that has an option for a build_depends on another >> port. If that option is selected, the dependent port MUST be built with >> an option that is not selected by default. >> >> Is there a way to either force that option to be selected in the >> dependent port? Or, failing that, is it possible to pop up a message >> warning the installer that they must select that option before building >> the dependent port or, if they've already installed it without the >> option, they must deinstall and reinstall after selecting that option? >> > > I'd suggest to make a slave port where you force the required option. > However, to enforce the right dependency, this option have to produce a > different plist. Thanks. I think that's probably the right answer. --=20 Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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