Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:07:20 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: pav@freebsd.org Cc: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@amdmi3.ru>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd.port.options.mk status Message-ID: <op.tyf66ipy9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <1189443514.22893.10.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> References: <20070909194620.GB14713@hades.panopticon> <1189368742.17083.37.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20070909220132.GC14713@hades.panopticon> <1189376094.17083.57.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20070910152612.GA15850@hades.panopticon> <1189443514.22893.10.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:58:34 -0500, Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Dmitry Marakasov píše v po 10. 09. 2007 v 19:26 +0400: >> * Pav Lucistnik (pav@FreeBSD.org) wrote: >> >> > > > It's possible to use this feature, but only on -CURRENT and >> -STABLE >> > > > FreeBSD systems newer than certain date. No existing release >> supports it >> > > > - it will be supported in upcoming 6.3 and 7.0. >> > > Erm, isn't ports code (more or less) release-independent? What's >> missing >> > > in existing FreeBSD versions that's needed to support options.mk? >> > The make only looks into /usr/share/mk for includes, until told >> > otherwise. bsd.port.options.mk is included before bsd.port.pre.mk, so >> it >> > can't be found. Base system was modified to install stub of the same >> > name into /usr/share/mk to workaround this problem. >> Understood. Then we really have to wait till 5.5 and 6.2 EOL to use >> options.mk... That's a bit strange to wait multiple years for an >> useful feature, aren't there any workaround planned? > > The question is, are there any workarounds possible? Create a port of that, the old FreeBSD versions depend on it to install in /usr/share/mk. I kind of don't like it, but it looks like it's only a solution if it has to be in /usr/share/mk. Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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