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Date:      Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:28:05 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/www/mplayer-plugin Makefile
Message-ID:  <1078561685.30101.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040306082200.GA27791@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <200403060733.i267XKd3044611@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040306081037.GA27564@xor.obsecurity.org> <1078561060.30101.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20040306082200.GA27791@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 03:22, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 03:17:40AM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 03:10, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:33:20PM -0800, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > > marcus      2004/03/05 23:33:20 PST
> > > >=20
> > > >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > > >=20
> > > >   Modified files:
> > > >     www/mplayer-plugin   Makefile=20
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   Add firefox support via WITH_MOZILLA=3Dfirefox.  Note: this only =
works for
> > > >   mplayer-plugin.  Setting WITH_MOZILLA=3Dfirefox will not work wit=
h the
> > > >   galeon ports.
> > >=20
> > > Shouldn't this be WITH_FIREFOX=3Dyes or similar?  Most WITH_ and
> > > WITHOUT_ variables do not care about the value, and giving them
> > > special values makes it difficult to use with configuration tools lik=
e
> > > 'make config'.
> >=20
> > This was done for scaling purposes in the original Mozilla-based ports
> > (galeon, galeon2, epiphany).  This way, one can specify the mozilla the=
y
> > want to use (be it mozilla, mozilla-devel, and one point mozilla-vendor=
,
> > and now firefox).  It was easier than defining a large number of macros
> > then deciding on precedence.
>=20
> OK, going this way, there is precedence for a MOZILLA_PORT variable
> (cf APACHE_PORT, GHOSTSCRIPT_PORT) for choosing one of a number of
> equivalent choices.

I look at converting over to a MOZILLA_PORT, but WITH_MOZILLA predates
those other options, and people have grown accustom to it.

Joe

>=20
> kris
--=20
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome

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