Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:18:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: proper use of bsd.port.options.mk Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105152216460.20421@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD09B45.9070306@FreeBSD.org> References: <4DD09B45.9070306@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 15 May 2011, Doug Barton wrote: > I'm confused (yeah, I know, nothing new about that). From > ports/Mk/bsd.port.options.mk: > > # usage: > # > # .include "bsd.port.options.mk" > # <deal with user options> > # .include "bsd.port.pre.mk" > # <other work, including adjusting dependencies> > # .include "bsd.port.post.mk" > > > However the ports I've looked at so far all do: > > OPTIONS= blah > > .include <bsd.port.options.mk> > > blah > > .include <bsd.port.mk> > EOF > > I assume that this method works, since it seems like so many ports use it. > Should the notes in options.mk be updated? Yes, it should be updated. See examples "5.8 Simple use of OPTIONS" and "5.9 Old style use of OPTIONS" in the Porter's Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-options.html
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