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Subject: NO_PACKAGE and NO_CDROM
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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The NO_PACKAGE variable indicates that the package is not to be
built.

This can be for a variety of reasons, from (1) too many configuration
options, and it doesn't make sense to build a binary package, (2) the
hostname is compiled in (or something like that) and again it doesn't
make sense to build binary packages, to (3) the port is
commercial/restrictedly copyrighted, and we can't sell/distribute
tarballs or binaries.

As you can see, the last thing is quite different from the others, and 
"don't sell for profit" type of copyrights really have nothing to do
with our ability to build and distribute packages over ftp.  However,
I have recommended porters to use this variable so that we can just
safely "grab" the tree I've been building with "make package" and slap 
it on the CDROM.

What do you guys think about adding a NO_CDROM variable (name subject
to change) that means "the distfile and package of this port can't be
put and sold on a CDROM"?  If this is set in the Makefile, and the
user has FOR_CDROM (name definitely subject to change) in the
environment/Makefile/command line, it will act like a NO_PACKAGE port
(i.e., "make package" will be a no-op).

I'll have to be a bit more careful but since I usually do a full
package fetch/rebuild before a release anyway, I'll just have to make
sure that I have FOR_CDROM set during that stage.  And this will
enable us to have more distfiles/packages on the ftp site.

Comments?

Satoshi