Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:00:00 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: openldap-2.4.35: "failed to start slapd" Message-ID: <CADLo83_bM_TNGtc0ahrJy5y65=ZiOLmxabVp2GLSdpwSZn6%2BQw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <517EC419.9060501@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20130428070851.60d08788@scorpio> <CADLo839jkJOAh4nNPvn8_2VMLEuaf8%2BoKW2ibnPtM9rmqU7ghw@mail.gmail.com> <20130428131704.1eb14721@scorpio> <CADLo8382V97nGiTq4wMa_R_EXcjKpdGEZv3dEkBgrUeUwJ5yDA@mail.gmail.com> <517E0443.2050804@delphij.net> <20130429071307.50874b19@scorpio> <517EB1C0.4020409@FreeBSD.org> <20130429142648.089ed8fe@scorpio> <517EC419.9060501@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 29 Apr 2013 20:04, "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > > On 29/04/2013 19:26, Jerry wrote: > > Thanks Matthew, I was wondering if I would have to rebuild the > > database. I kind of thought that I would. One question though, why > > "WITH_BDB_VER?=5" instead of the same setting sans the "?" question > > mark? Plus, is there really a need for a space or tab between the > > directive and the setting? I have seen several such flags using one > > style or the other. Is it just a matter of style or does it actually > > make any difference? > > '?=' means 'assign if variable is not already initialised' -- so it > allows ports to override your choice of settings; for instance if you > wanted to install a port that only worked with an earlier version of BDB. I'm pretty sure ?= is inappropriate here; make.conf is read first(ish) and thus WITH_OPENLDAP_VER should not be defined at this point. Chris
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