Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:01:47 -0500 From: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now Message-ID: <d873d5be1001161001i5d398205hea3d2ec1978ee3f@mail.gmail.com>
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>> Since some folks like the old behavior and some folks like the new >> behavior, what do you all think of a user-selectable make.conf option to >> choose where the check-conflicts target appears in the port build sequence? >> >> Regards, >> Greg >> >I'd love that. The new behavior isn't a bad default, but it needs an >override. >Wait a minute; rewind. Isn't that what "make -DDISABLE_CONFLICTS" does? I believe that he is talking about changing _when_ the check for conflicts is made; whereas DISABLE_CONFLICTS ignores the check, regardless of when it is made. A late check is preferable to using DISABLE_CONFLICTS, because with that knob you can shoot yourself in the foot by mistakenly installing one port on top of another. b.
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