Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:32:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: chuckr@picnic.mat.net (Chuck Robey) Cc: wghicks@bellsouth.net (W Gerald Hicks), freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net Subject: Re: revisiting Motif policy in ports Message-ID: <199904230532.WAA64192@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904222319050.378-100000@picnic.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "Apr 22, 1999 11:26:11 pm"
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Chuck Robey wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, W Gerald Hicks wrote:
> > How about a new DEPENDS_MOTIF (supplied by a port) which might
> > build lesstif if HAVE_MOTIF is not set?
> >
> > I agree that lesstif has become useful. (former skeptic)
>
> I would suggest that, if HAVE_MOTIF is not set, you want to prompt the
> user that Motif was not detected, and then go ahead and build lesstif
> automatically. You don't want to look down your noses at Motif (it's
> not free, but that doesn't mean it has cooties). The prompt ought to
> say something like:
>
> Motif libraries not detected (HAVE_MOTIF not defined).
> Building lesstif as non-commercial substitute.
>
> I think that's pretty even handed. The idea is NOT to discourage Motif
> sales, while offering an acceptable workaround for those who won't buy
> Motif. We WANT commercial vendors, so we don't want to go around
> insulting them.
>
Yes, exactly my thoughts. Nedit, ddd, and few other ports are very
useful, and LessTif makes them functional. I brought this up
for discussion because one needs to be careful to not blow away
a valid Motif installation where a sys admin may have forgotten to
set HAVE_MOTIF.
I think we need (in some pseudo-make syntax),
.if !defined(HAVE_MOTIF)
.if !exists(${PREFIX}/lib/libXm.a)
build LessTif
echo 'LessTif is known to contain some difference from Motif'
echo 'See http://www.lesstif.org'
.endif
.endif
--
Steve
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