Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:27:09 -0400 From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: anders@freebsd.org, brooks@freebsd.org, kde@freebsd.org, flz@freebsd.org, gecko@freebsd.org, bra@fsn.hu, cy@freebsd.org, ashish@freebsd.org, ale@freebsd.org, yds@coolrat.org, ler@lerctr.org, gnome@freebsd.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, office@freebsd.org, gerald@freebsd.org, mi@aldan.algebra.com, ehaupt@freebsd.org, python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [linimon@FreeBSD.org: ports/170946: [patch] mark certain ports broken on ARM] Message-ID: <5038EECD.6050203@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgntLd%2BFAM_KGjkKzZOmhvdaOEXJg4YL1b7yYrCYgpx=0w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120823232736.GE13223@lonesome.com> <5036BF97.60903@aldan.algebra.com> <CAF6rxgntLd%2BFAM_KGjkKzZOmhvdaOEXJg4YL1b7yYrCYgpx=0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 23.08.2012 21:47, Eitan Adler wrote: > NOT and ONLY are meant for ports which by definition will never work > another arch (think x86info). In this case the ports are just broken. That's a fine distinction, that makes little sense to me -- the total number of ports, which can not ever work on some architecture is, probably, a couple dozen... It is also not mentioned in the Handbook <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/dads-noinstall.html>; at all: * If a port should be marked IGNORE only on certain architectures, there are two other convenience variables that will automatically set IGNORE for you: ONLY_FOR_ARCHS and NOT_FOR_ARCHS. Examples: ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64 NOT_FOR_ARCHS= ia64 sparc64 A custom IGNORE message can be set using ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON and NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON. Per architecture entries are possible with ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON_/ARCH/ and NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON_/ARCH/. Thus, I still think, using these knobs is better -- especially, when doing otherwise requires splitting bsd.ports.mk into bsd.ports.{pre,post}.mk. Yours, -mi
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