Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 23:24:51 +0300 From: Andrey Slusar <anrays@gmail.com> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> Subject: Re: setting EMACS_PORT_NAME=emacs22 forks make infinitely at the port registration step Message-ID: <867j4cxze4.fsf@santinel.home.ua> In-Reply-To: <1148414741.61285.25.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> (Pav Lucistnik's message of "Tue, 23 May 2006 22:05:41 %2B0200") References: <200204301328.g3UDS9X43078@thelonious.eziba.com> <e4vm6k$obv$1@sea.gmane.org> <1148412647.61285.21.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <44736A9A.6050201@panix.com> <1148414741.61285.25.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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--=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tue, 23 May 2006 22:05:41 +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Mark Evenson p=ED --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =B9e v=20 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =FAt 23. 05. 2006 v 22:03 +0200: > > Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > > Mark Evenson p=ED --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =B9e v=20 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =FAt 23. 05. 2006 v 21:01 +0200: > > >=20 > > >> Am I using the EMACS_PORT_NAME variable correctly? (i.e. its not a= =20 > > >> forbidden user knob like USE_XXX) > > >=20 > > > You must never set up any internal variables. This is one of them. > > > You should limit yourself to WITH_*, WITHOUT_*, and the variables > > > explicitly documented in end user documentation. > > >=20 > >=20 > > Dumb question: what do you mean by end user documentation? What the p= ort=20 > > emits to the console in the process of building plus available options= =20 > > stored under /var/db/ports? > I mean The Handbook, section Ports and Packages. Also man 7 ports. > And of course the output to the console. --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Andrey Slusar's reply to this thread [[1]] seems to imply that=20 > > EMACS_PORT_NAME *is* a end user option. But then you have a @freebsd.o= rg=20 > > address and he doesn't=A1=AD > Andrey Slusar is _the_ guy with the authority about Emacs on FreeBSD. I'm now maintain XEmacs and commited emacs-devel. GNU Emacs is ported by MANTANI Nobutaka. > He probably knows much better than me. > > Without an end-user mechanism like EMACS_PORT_NAME, maintaining all Ema= cs=20 > > dependent ports for separate versions of Emacs will get combinationally= =20 > > explosive. So ports just supports one canonical version of Emacs (what= 's=20 > > in editors/emacs) for all Emacs add-ons (like psvn, nxml, etc.)? > Andrey? EMACS_PORT_NAME is user variable and now this is broken. I'm posted patch from MANTANI Nobutaka, fixed this problem and submitted to gnats database - search it PR. Now this patch in testing on FreeBSD cluster(by kris?). --=20 Regards, Andrey. --=-=-=--
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