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Date:      Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:05:21 -0500
From:      Max Baker <maxbaker@users.sourceforge.net>
To:        "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Passing make flags to a dependency
Message-ID:  <20050206200521.GA4587@warped.org>
In-Reply-To: <200502061101.08747.reso3w83@verizon.net>
References:  <20050206181326.GB1966@warped.org> <200502061101.08747.reso3w83@verizon.net>

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Thanks Mike,

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 11:01:07AM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> This is going to be a can of worms for you to automate, here are a few 
> reasons why:
> 
> What if apache2 is all ready installed without SSL turned on?
> What if the user wants other features besides SSL?
> 
> Suggestion:  Test for a library that will only exist if apache2 has
> been installed with WITH_SSL_MODULES=yes and if that library is missing
> then have your port refuse to build with a message that apache2 must be 
> built with WITH_SSL_MODULES=yes.

This is a good point.  I could change the scope of this dependency to be
"SSL would be a good idea".   Going on that, is there a way that I could
specify that SSL be turned on if apache2 does get built by my port, else
give a warning that it's a Good Idea and/or bug out? 

-m



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