Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 22:49:16 +0200 From: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devel/libtool13 <-> databases/mysql40-client dependency problem Message-ID: <20030902224916.352ba802.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> In-Reply-To: <20030902202300.GA46431@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20030901003219.67e3f67c.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> <50785.192.168.4.2.1062372041.squirrel@mail.migus.org> <20030902202300.GA46431@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:23:00 -0700 Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 07:20:41PM -0400, Adam C. Migus wrote: > > > The thing with the USE_ variables is they seem to be a bit over used > > and symatically ambiguous. They're used for things in the make > > enviornment itself as well as packages themselves. > > If that's true, it's a bug. Can you please point to examples? > > All USE_* variables are supposed to be port-internal. The user > control knobs for specifying dependency preferences are > WITH_*/WITHOUT_*. Monthes (years ?) ago, some ports had USE_* knobs, but they seem to have been sanitized. Maybe should we proceed an ultimate sanity check ? Committers are aware of this, I think. In USE_MYSQL case, PR ports/56252 fix infinite loops when USE_MYSQL is user defined. regards, clem
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