Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 18:45:43 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: The fine people at <FreeBSD-Ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: NO_CONFIGURE and NO_PATCH Message-ID: <35FB23C7.368AA145@dal.net>
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Working on the port of my mergemaster script (PR 7910 :) I came across something interesting regarding NO_PATCH and NO_CONFIGURE. According to bsd.port.mk these features are deprecated. # Note that there are no NO_PATCH or NO_CONFIGURE variables becuase # those steps are empty by default. However, when I run 'make' in my very simple port (just the script and the man file, no sub-dir, no makefile, no configure, no patches directory) the "patch" and "configure" targets are still called. My reading of bsd.port.mk seems to say that if there is no patches directory the patch target shouldn't be called at all. I'm not sure about the configure target, but it would be nice if it weren't called when not needed as well. Neither of these are major problems, I'm more concerned with the aesthetics of the thing. I'd like to avoid extra time/annoyance for what should be empty targets in my little port. At the same time, in my experience small things like this can sometimes be indicators of larger problems, so I felt it was worth bringing to your attention, esepecially with all the changes in bsd.port.mk lately. blessings, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** "Yes, the president should resign. He has lied to the American people, time and time again, and betrayed their trust. He is no longer an effective leader. Since he has admitted guilt, there is no reason to put the American people through an impeachment. He will serve absolutely no purpose in finishing out his term; the only possible solution is for the president to save some dignity and resign." - William Jefferson Clinton, 1974 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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