From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Nov 22 17:17:18 1995 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA00522 for ports-outgoing; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:17:18 -0800 Received: from sovcom.kiae.su (sovcom.kiae.su [144.206.136.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA00517 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:17:14 -0800 Received: by sovcom.kiae.su id AA12899 (5.65.kiae-1 ); Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:12:52 +0300 Received: by sovcom.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Thu, 23 Nov 95 04:12:52 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by ache.dialup.demos.ru (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA00997; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:06:37 +0300 To: David Langford Cc: ports@freebsd.org References: <199511222116.LAA11608@ maui.com> In-Reply-To: <199511222116.LAA11608@ maui.com>; from David Langford at Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:16:54 -1000 (HST) Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 04:06:37 +0300 (MSK) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.41 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/elm/scripts pre-configure Lines: 36 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1553 Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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