Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:06:37 +0300 (MSK) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su> To: David Langford <langfod@maui.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/elm/scripts pre-configure Message-ID: <KuTayimKz3@ache.dialup.demos.ru> In-Reply-To: <199511222116.LAA11608@ maui.com>; from David Langford at Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:16:54 -1000 (HST) References: <199511222116.LAA11608@ maui.com>
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In message <199511222116.LAA11608@ maui.com> David Langford writes: >>I am stuck on this issue somehow. Basically following Elm configurations >>takes sense: >> >>Elm without MIME and without PGP >>Elm without MIME and with PGP: RUN_DEPENDS = pgp >>Elm with MIME and without PGP: RUN_DEPENDS = metamail >>Elm with MIME and with PGP: RUN_DEPENDS = pgp & metamail >> >>When user run make it can be easily handled via >>environment variables f.e. But it seems that we need to build >>4 different Elm packages in any case, so user tuning doesn't >>take much sense. >>So, we need 4 different directories for Elm in 'mail' subdir. >>Does anybody have better idea? >I have been wondering for awhile if it would be possible to get make to >ASK the user a few simple questions. >In the case of Elm it would ask if the user wants the MIME, PGP or MIME+PGP >port to be built. (Yes, this is what configure is for but we are trying >to make it easy- if someone really wants to do things differently then >that can run configure themselves) It seems that you miss the point. Asking any amount of questions not saves from building 4 different packages, so if I forced to build them I don't need to ask any questions at all. Remember: package can't ask any questions. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849
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