Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 23:38:51 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make(1) enhancement - an 'environment processor' option Message-ID: <20020106233851.L314@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20020106233110.K314@straylight.oblivion.bg>; from roam@ringlet.net on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:31:10PM %2B0200 References: <20011225202925.F304@straylight.oblivion.bg> <20020106222002.E314@straylight.oblivion.bg> <20020106222342.GA76079@voi.aagh.net> <20020106233110.K314@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:31:10PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 10:23:42PM +0000, Thomas Hurst wrote: > > * Peter Pentchev (roam@ringlet.net) wrote: > > > > > No feedback on this proposed change to make(1)? :) > > > > Personally I think this is something that should be handled by ports > > rather than make; can it's functionality not be added to bsd.port.mk or > > so? > > As I wrote in my reply to Mark Valentine's mail, I personally do not > think it can be easily added to bsd.port.mk without some *really* ugly > and error-prone code and *lots* of invocations of other programs. > > Everybody, feel free to prove me wrong :) Oh, and of course, the make(1) environment could well be tweaked outside of the ports tree, too; for my personal use, this avoids some hassling with different DOC_LANG, DOCDIR, WEB_LANG and WEBDIR settings for my own playpen. Yes, I know I can set a variable by myself, I know I can specify it on the make(1) command line; why should I need to? :) Now I can set or unset environment variables for various parts of the source tree without mucking with Makefiles; in short, I personally like it. G'luck, Peter -- No language can express every thought unambiguously, least of all this one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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