Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:04:08 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Dominic Fandrey <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggested improvements for ports Message-ID: <4788D6E8.2060902@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4788D0E6.7080007@gmx.de> References: <ED8842DFA28376008F3CA3A4@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <4788D0E6.7080007@gmx.de>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: >> 1) You can't build a dependent port and first set the config for >> the options that you want. So, when you select sasl in postfix, >> you never get the chance to check the saslauthd option, for >> example. > > As the ports man page states: > > # make config-recursive > > does what you want. It's surprising how often people claim this > feature is missing, even though it has been there ever since I > started using FreeBSD. > Not completely correct for reasons given in http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf - -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems, Java Developer Tools. http://www.flosoft-systems.com Developer, not business, friendly. "Free software != Free beer" Blog: http://www.flosoft-systems.com/flosoft_systems_community/blogs/aryeh/index.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHiNbojRvRjGmHRgQRAl6eAJ44bZjGTFUE5QZA9cr9RrUId4zpPgCfQx9P H497bxS3MsfUfTulQT+Sjf8= =An0E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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