From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 04:33:48 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F0D316A419 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:33:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C749313C447 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:33:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3F28F2218806; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:46 +1100 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <476C93AA0000F68680C16F@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088A321B1657; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:46 +1100 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94632218A68; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:45 +1100 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0DD0D2EA; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:45 +1100 (EST) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:33:44 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Josh Paetzel Message-ID: <20071222043344.GB82459@k7.mavetju> References: <200712211524.25454.josh@tcbug.org> <200712211613.50439.josh@tcbug.org> <20071222015059.GA82459@k7.mavetju> <200712212105.21520.josh@tcbug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200712212105.21520.josh@tcbug.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinion on cross-port OPTIONS CONFLICTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:33:48 -0000 On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 09:05:18PM -0600, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > It also doesn't work if someone runs make rmconfig, or make config again > > > and changes things after the port is installed. > > > > > > It probably doesn't work if a package was used to install either. > > > > Create a slave port audio/arts-withoutnas and let it depends on > > that one. > > I don't think that's a scalable solution. It would create an explosion of > ports in the already taxed tree, as well as confusion as to which port to > install among the users. And what is your solution for this problem? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/