From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 31 16:58:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D13F16A4DD; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:58:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D968943D45; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:58:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from [192.168.4.150] (pptp0.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.150]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6VGvpPs016549; Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:57:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) In-Reply-To: <20060731163209.GB50797@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <200607302051.k6UKpfNU011188@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060731140951.GC48538@comp.chem.msu.su> <20060731163209.GB50797@comp.chem.msu.su> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8F70D2AC-029E-4829-A775-600D6AABE69E@xcllnt.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:57:42 -0700 To: Yar Tikhiy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar , Ruslan Ermilov , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/kldxref Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:58:16 -0000 On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:32 AM, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:10:43AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> >> On Jul 31, 2006, at 7:09 AM, Yar Tikhiy wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 08:51:41PM +0000, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >>>> marcel 2006-07-30 20:51:41 UTC >>>> >>>> FreeBSD src repository >>>> >>>> Modified files: >>>> usr.sbin/kldxref Makefile >>>> Log: >>>> Use NO_SHARED=YES to force a static link. >>>> >>>> Pointed out by: ru@ >>>> >>>> Revision Changes Path >>>> 1.9 +1 -1 src/usr.sbin/kldxref/Makefile >>> >>> Perhaps it should be spelled just ``NO_SHARED='' in keeping with >>> the current style? >> >> I really don't know. Those NO_FOO knobs are not logical in their >> use. >> >>> Unfortunately style.Makefile(5) doesn't seem >>> to list this rule... >> >> Feel free to change my commit to whatever you think is right. > > I was sly enough to add Ruslan to Cc in my previous mail :-) > Let's wait for his opinion on this and below. Sounds good. > In the meanwhile I peeked in /usr/share/mk and found that the handling > of NO_* knobs is quite far from being consistent. For example: > > - NO_MAN -- can be just defined ("YES" and "NO" both mean true), > handled at level (note that > is often included separately now and includes some magic); > > - NO_OBJ -- can be just defined to be true, handled in , > which is included from more convenient files like ; > > - NO_SHARED -- must be set to something != "no" for the effect, > handled in . > > I'm unsure if there is a reason behind all this diversity. I doubt there's a reason, because reason would be unreasonable then :-) I think the problem is inherent when the existence of the variable counts and not its value. It's not intuitive and people use it in different ways because of that. I personally like something simple like SHARED=NO or SHARED=YES. The lack of definition then meaning the default setting. This is trivially implemented with SHARED?=YES. Anyway: that's just me... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net