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Date:      Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:41:58 +0000
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org>, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org>, Jase Thew <jase@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Question about new options framework (regression?)
Message-ID:  <20120727094158.GC29866@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <201207261441.q6QEfAY9002147@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <501151A8.7000901@FreeBSD.org> <201207261441.q6QEfAY9002147@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 04:41:10PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
>=20
> Jase Thew wrote:
>  > On 25/07/2012 23:57, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>  > > because the priority goes to global to specific and the most specifi=
c is the
>  > > options file.
>  > >=20
>  > > if most people want the options file to not have the final priority,=
 why not,
>  > > can others spread their opinion here?
>  >=20
>  > I can't see why it would be of benefit for saved options to override
>  > anything passed to make (either env or as an arg), as one of the reaso=
ns
>  > you're likely to be passing them is to override any saved settings in
>  > the first place.
>  >=20
>  > Please consider reverting back to the established and I daresay,
>  > expected behaviour.
>=20
> I agree with Jase.
>=20
> Actually I'm not sure if PORTS_DBDIR should override make.conf
> or vice versa.  I don't know which one should be regarded as
> more specific.
>=20
> But anything specified on the commandline is definitely more
> specific than PORTS_DBDIR and should override anything else.
>=20
> One way to do that would be to introduce another pair of
> variables, e.g. OVERRIDE_SET and OVERRIDE_UNSET, so you could
> type:  make OVERRIDE_SET=3DSTATIC
>=20

I think that is the more reasonnable, I'll add this when fully back. I was
thinking of LATE_SET and LATE_UNSET but OVERRIDE_SET and OVERRIDE_UNSET sou=
nds
better to me.

regards,
Bapt

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