Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:28:41 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, arch@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Subject: Re: ports.conf Message-ID: <XFMail.010829142841.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3B8CDC38.EC1EE32C@FreeBSD.org>
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On 29-Aug-01 Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Alexander Langer wrote: > >> Hi folks! >> >> You probably followed the arch-mailinglist. >> >> I want to move all ports-related bits into a ports-specific ports.conf. >> >> Now I need your help: >> - Location of ports.conf? >> $PORTSDIR/ports.conf ? >> $PORTSDIR/defaults/ports.conf ? (my favourite) >> $PORTSDIR/Mk/ports.conf ? >> >> I've also created this patch. > > Ok, now I've read the thread and can give my comments on the topic. To me > it seems that ports.conf file isn't really necessary, because it would be > just another file that gets unconditionally included from the bsd.ports.mk, > perhaps we could just merge content of hypotetic ports.conf with > bsd.ports.mk instead. This would solve "where to put it" and "at which > point to include it" problems. Comments? ports.conf is useful for the same reason that we have make.conf instead of making people read bsd.foo.mk buried in some obscure directory: it's more convenient to users. Also, ports/Mk/ports.conf can easily just be a default file with everything commented out that doesn't even get included. Rather, if a user wants to customize, they create a /etc/ports.conf with teh appropriate knobs set, and bsd.port.mk just includes /etc/ports.conf. The reason for putting the default ports.conf in ports/Mk (or ports/defaults?) instead of /usr/share/examples or some such is the same reason the ports makefiles are in ports/Mk and not /usr/share/mk: it needs to be in sync with the ports tree. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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