Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:37:18 +0200 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org, ports@FreeBSD.org, eivind@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Updated dialog-based config patches Message-ID: <20021011023718.07efede5.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20021010205723.GA20541@mithrandr.moria.org> References: <20020930062804.GA50001@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021006202120.GA96047@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021010132556.GA17714@mithrandr.moria.org> <20021010181035.GA19338@mithrandr.moria.org> <20021010205723.GA20541@mithrandr.moria.org>
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--=.b+o1H5i:2do4z, Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Obviously Neil Blakey-Milner formed the bits: > The way things are at the moment, config_dialog will only display > options of type 'boolean', and then set WITH_ or WITHOUT_. Later if > we add a type called 'anything' or 'string' or 'integer' or whatever, > config_dialog might ask those after it does the checklist, or maybe > it'd ignore it. The port builder could build a pretty nice screen > which integrates all the choices. > > Also, while config_dialog will probably never learn about 'classes' or > dependencies/conflicts, it'll just ignore them, but ports builders > (like gportconf did - example in URL above) could integrate them. you (all) might look at my previous atempt for port options, somehow more sophisticated (different option types, multiple option files (for e.g. generic gnome options) at http://corecode.ath.cx/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ports/options/ somehow the last time i posted stuff about this nobody cared so i stopped developing on that. i though of integrating this stuff into a port that is required for ports using options. you just can do more and better stuff with C/C++ than you can do with shell tools... cheers simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.b+o1H5i:2do4z, Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (NetBSD) iD8DBQE9ph1Dr5S+dk6z85oRAvngAJ4mW7nvDmGU4a1+vEFwwgB2kKa5WACdH3ay ryLWEUfdQ+eqc99Gg5hba1s= =Nblz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.b+o1H5i:2do4z,-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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