From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jun 27 3:43:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA45037B408 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:43:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5RAhZBu048307 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:43:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by master.gorean.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id g5RAhZgm082821 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:43:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:43:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: A suggestion for ports that replace parts of the base Message-ID: <20020627033827.F42503-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Howdy, I'm very interested in the idea of ports that replace parts of the base system. I recently added this functionality to the bind8 port in fact. I notice that an increasing number of ports are providing this function as well, and I wonder if it would be worthwhile to standardize on a convention for Makefile options for this. I used REPLACE_SYSTEM_BIND in bind8 off the top of my head, but the more I think about it, I think that something like PORT_REPLACES_BASE_FOO might be more useful. This could be put in /etc/make.conf without fear that the user would forget what it means some point down the road. It's a little wordy, but I think it's quite clear. What do y'all think? I'm open to suggestions for a better/shorter name, but I think the basic idea is sound.... Doug -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message