Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:17:53 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: How does a port's Makefile check for PERL_THREADED in /etc/make.conf? Message-ID: <20010828101753.A13679@emma1.>
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NOTE: would you please Cc: all replies back to me, as I'm not subscribed to the FreeBSD-ports mailing list? Thanks a lot. Once upon a time, there was a tiny FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE-p14 that happened to have inherited a "PERL_THREADED = true" in its /etc/make.conf. While that line had long ago disappeared from /etc/defaults/make.conf, the /etc/make.conf was was still in effect when the system was rebuilt. One sunshiny day, an Exim-3.33 port crossed its way, was invited for dinner and died some minutes later. An observer sent a pidgeon with a SEND-PR, and got help offered back from Sheldon Hearn. Some letters exchanged later, they figured that Exim must had died of acute PERL_THREADED poisoning. Having found out that this was dangerous living, our FreeBSD got rid of its PERL_THREADED=true, sought another Exim-3.33, invited it for dinner and both became friends and lived happily ever after. Reference: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=29958 some undisclosed personal mail has also been exchanged What I'm saying is, don't build the Exim port on systems that use PERL_THREADED. What would be the canonical way for /usr/ports/mail/exim/Makefile to check if PERL_THREADED is enabled and commit suicide if it is? Any help appreciated, please Cc: replies to my address. Thanks in advance. -- Matthias Andree To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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