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Date:      Sun, 1 Mar 1998 12:52:19 +0100
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/misc/xopps Makefile
Message-ID:  <19980301125219.14304@klemm.gtn.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803010934.BAA02393@bubble.didi.com>; from Satoshi Asami on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:34:07AM -0800
References:  <19980228151657.51438@klemm.gtn.com> <199803010934.BAA02393@bubble.didi.com>

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On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 01:34:07AM -0800, Satoshi Asami wrote:
>  * >   Back out previous commit.  MOTIF_STATIC is a user variable (defined by
>  * >   people building packages, i.e., jseger/obrien and me), and is not
>  * >   for ports Makefile's uses.
>  * 
>  * Ok, sorry !
> 
> No problem, everybody makes mistakes.  (Especially those like you who
> do a lot of work. :)

I started a new job in ISP business last month. Currently I have
lots of things to do ;-)

> By the way, I really wish there is some way we could distinguish
> between user variables (env. vars or /etc/make.conf) and ports
> Makefile variables from bsd.port.mk and warn the porter if he
> overstepped his bounds.
> 
> The only way I can think of it is to include bsd.port.mk twice from
> each Makefile, and that's just plain ugly.  (Maybe we can add it to
> portlint....)

And including this huge macro file might be an impact in
performance ... or ? Think of make release and such ...

-- 
Andreas Klemm
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