Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:40:36 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Sergei Kolobov <sergei@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: alternative options for ports Message-ID: <200410141240.40796.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041014095355.GA61134@elendil.ru> References: <416C0DE8.3000004@struchtrup.com> <416DB213.3020708@struchtrup.com> <20041014095355.GA61134@elendil.ru>
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--nextPart11322262.V18GU5zkoW Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 14 October 2004 11:53, Sergei Kolobov wrote: > AFAIK, OpenBSD has a feature called "port flavours" (if I'm not mistaken). > I confess I haven't look into it in detail (yet) but it looks like > it does exactly what you describe. That is, the port Makefile specifies > something like: > > FLAVOURS=3D gtk kde athena > > which produces the corresponding vim-gtk, vim-kde, and vim-athena packages > from a *signle* port, without a need to create a multitude of slave ports. =46LAVORS is more or less a standardized way of WITH/WITHOUT switches (i.e.= ,=20 kinda like OPTIONS). The packaging stuff comes from=20 MULTI_PACKAGES/SUBPACKAGE, but those aren't exactly magic either. > Is there anybody working to bring this feature in our bsd.port.mk? I really don't think we want this. It doesn't achieve anything except savin= g a=20 few directories in cvs and on people's harddisks - the port Makefiles becom= e=20 just as convuluted and messy as ports in our tree with lots of build option= s=20 and you end up with multiple plist files in one port directory if you do=20 multipackages. Slave ports are the better thing, IMHO - easier to use (just find the right= =20 directory and type make, done - no finding out which flavors/options are=20 available and setting up some config to select them), easier to see for=20 people which port produces what package and less messy port=20 Makefiles/directories.=20 =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart11322262.V18GU5zkoW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBbleoXhc68WspdLARAsLKAKCQj/15NS9RF1cLjHkN7lUoHfRNsgCcDqbM kTnOeKNc0EIXUkoDKgroqOQ= =/jEB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart11322262.V18GU5zkoW--
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