Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:59:11 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Parv <parv@pair.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/fvwm2-devel Makefile pkg-plist ports/x11-wm/fvwm2-devel/files patch-configure Message-ID: <20050915185911.GD40237@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050915150330.GW64690@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <200509132211.j8DMBYpj090708@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050914022354.GA7740@holestein.holy.cow> <20050914061957.GA13354@FreeBSD.org> <20050914222511.GA11455@holestein.holy.cow> <20050915131224.GB94650@FreeBSD.org> <20050915144634.GA65015@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050915150330.GW64690@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 2005-Sep-15 17:03:30 +0200, Stijn Hoop wrote: >On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 07:46:34AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: >> Or stick them in /etc/make.conf and still have them available for every >> build. I'm more than able to use 'vi' and edit /etc/make.conf. >> And I don't get surprises later when I start some 'make install' of a >> package with dependencies and walk away - only to find it stopped wanting >> to know if I want to select some mostly useless options. I think OPTIONS does have some benefits: 1) It forces the port maintainer to make some effort at listing all the configuration options and documenting what they do. 2) It means you get a chance to set configuration options on all the port's dependencies without having to track them down in advance. OTOH, I agree that it's a nuisance to run "make install" or "portupgrade" and come back several hours later to discover that some obscure dependency is waiting for you to define its configuration. >Or do 'make config-recursive' before 'make install'. Note that this option doesn't exist with portupgrade. -- Peter Jeremy
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050915185911.GD40237>