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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes
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Dirk Meyer wrote:

> Oliver Eikemeier schrieb:,
> 
> 
>>The problem with the current solution is that renaming OPTIONSFILE is not
>>easy, because ${PORT_DBDIR}/${PORTNAME} is somewhat hardcoded in bsd.port.mk
>>now. I can change PORT_DBDIR, but have to accept ${PORT_DBDIR}/${PORTNAME},
>>which is bad. Perhaps we should have
>>OPTIONSFILE?=${PORT_DBDIR}/${LATEST_LINK}.options,
>>which is easier to change.
> 
> 
> Why no using it really foolproof:
> OPTIONSFILE?=${PORT_DBDIR}/${PKGCATEGORY}-${PORTNAME}.options

- won't survive moved ports (e.g. net/bind9 => dns/bind9)

- is not unique (e.g. www-apache.options)