Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:08:37 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net>, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Request for all ports Message-ID: <20020105000837.A287@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20011225154953.GA82681@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>; from alane@geeksrus.net on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 10:49:53AM -0500 References: <1098.192.168.167.6.1009294752.squirrel@192.168.167.1> <20011225104517.B42161@databits.net> <20011225154953.GA82681@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 10:49:53AM -0500, Alan Eldridge wrote: > On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 10:45:17AM -0500, Pete Fritchman wrote: > >++ 26/12/01 02:39 +1100 - Daeron: > >| Could you include in your guidelines for ports directories a request that > >| everyone use "CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" instead of a "CONFIGURE_ARGS=" to allow > >| people to pass additional parameters without having to hack the Makefile. > >| Perhaps you could consider running a script to update any existing > >| port-Makefiles seeming it is such a small change? > > > >I agree with you. What do others think? > > > >I'd be willing to do the change, as well. > > Are there any ports (using MASTERDIR, maybe, to build out of another ports > dir, or the MASTERDIR port itself) where this could break something? I would > recommend against using a script to do it. > > But a grep and manual changes? I think it's a good idea. [ok, so this is an old thread, so I am a lazy slob who does not like to read a lot of mail during the holidays.. so sue me! ;] Well, to start with, this would break dependencies.. A port's CONFIGURE_ARGS are set in the environment when make(1) is invoked for a build-, lib- or run-dependency, so a += in that dependency would inherit the first port's arguments. Not really a good thing in general, is it now.. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence contains exactly threee erors. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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