Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 02:39:58 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, pav@freebsd.org Cc: Thomas-Martin Seck <tmseck-lists@netcologne.de> Subject: Re: treating OPTIONS Message-ID: <200403280340.01956.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <1080436501.75008.5.camel@hood.oook.cz> References: <20040327200136.31711.qmail@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <1080436501.75008.5.camel@hood.oook.cz>
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--Boundary-02=_xziZACIy6KTckBa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 28 March 2004 03:15, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > V so, 27. 03. 2004 v 21:01, Thomas-Martin Seck p=ED=A8e: > > * SADA Kenji <sada@freebsd.org> [gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ports]: > > > .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/lib/libldap.so) > > > WITH_LDAP=3D yes > > > OPTIONS+=3D LDAP "Support for LDAP queries" on > > > .else > > > OPTIONS+=3D LDAP "Support for LDAP queries" off > > > .endif > > > > Please do not do this. IMHO, ports that autotune themselves are a bad > > idea and abusing OPTIONS for this is even worse. If you - as the > > maintainer - decide that LDAP support is optional, default the port to > > not include it. Period. If the user wants LDAP she can always say so > > herself, either via the commandline or via 'make config'. > > Why not? This is a common practice that port autodetects optional > dependencies and automatically enable/disable them. Something I only realised yesterday (hi kris) is that OPTIONS do not just s= et=20 WITH_FOO but also WITHOUT_FOO, so for autodetecting things you'd have to=20 check .if exists(bar) and !defined WITHOUT_FOO then define WITH_FOO... I'm= =20 currently changing the KDE ports do do away with autodetection where possib= le=20 and just enforce config instead. It makes building of customized packagas=20 easier as a side effect. =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 --Boundary-02=_xziZACIy6KTckBa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAZizxXhc68WspdLARAr+6AJ0Rm7EkBVEILtca99NGhX1ivOEyWgCfUjZH bgOjxjJVQX7VYmx/DeP0IVI= =LXmj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_xziZACIy6KTckBa--
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