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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:32:04 +0200
From:      Johann Visagie <johann@egenetics.com>
To:        Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/mailman Makefile pkg-deinstall pkg-descr ports/mail/mailman/files pkg-opts
Message-ID:  <20020219153204.GJ15231@fling.sanbi.ac.za>
In-Reply-To: <20020219072013.A19783@ninja1.internal>
References:  <200202191358.g1JDwtx82740@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020219072013.A19783@ninja1.internal>

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Sean Chittenden on 2002-02-19 (Tue) at 07:20:13 -0800:
> 
> >   - Add a (non-standard) $PKGOPTS file (currently
> >   $FILESDIR/pkg-opts) to document the user configurable build time
> >   variables supported by the port.  Add a target "options" to
> >   Makefile to display build time options in a human readable format.
> >   Remove reams of comments from Makefile - superseded by $PKGOPTS.
> >   
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.1       +27 -0     ports/mail/mailman/files/pkg-opts (new)
> 
> Would it be reasonable to put this in the base directory for the port
> instead?

This is currently not a standard element of the port, so I decided to
stick in in $FILESDIR with all the other miscellaneous files making up
the port.

> In the hopes of providing a standardized way for documenting
> Makefile build options (hint hint), it seems excessive to have a files
> directory for every port.

I agree.  What do people think about making this - or something like it
- standard?

-- V

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