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Date:      Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:20:02 +0200
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>,  freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bsd.port.options.mk status
Message-ID:  <46E5D122.8080408@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070910152612.GA15850@hades.panopticon>
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>

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Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> * 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?

I have some ideas on how to construct a working time machine, but I just 
need some seed capital :)

Kris




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