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Date:      Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:00:24 GMT
From:      Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/90729: databases/db[0-9]*: check USE_BDB knob
Message-ID:  <200512260800.jBQ80O8N004678@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/90729; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org,  leeym@utopia.leeym.com
Cc: matthias.andree@gmx.de
Subject: Re: ports/90729: databases/db[0-9]*: check USE_BDB knob
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:49:51 +0300

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 >  What problem is the patch trying to fix? I see none until here. Using
 >  other targets, we get:
 
 Some users like set USE_smth=foo in their /etc/make.conf. It makes an
 infinite loop when db* ports build.
 
 > And why would the port need to be fixed rather than bsd.database.mk?
 
 1) I think to fix ports is easier. You just should check USE_BDB macro
 is set. In bsd.database.mk you should do some magic with PORTNAME.
 2) It's a common practice. See archivers/bzip2, devel/bison, devel/gmake
 etc.
 
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