Date: 22 Sep 1999 04:16:26 -0700 From: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) To: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAPERSIZE in /etc/make.conf? Message-ID: <vqc6713mc1h.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de's message of "22 Sep 1999 12:14:49 %2B0200" References: <7s4vte$uau$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> <vqcr9jtb4gv.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <7saa6p$5or$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
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* From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)
* Does that mean that we have a policy that all ports that compile
* in a default paper size should come in explicit -a4 and -letter
* versions (still more Ghostscript versions...)? The current situation
* where some ports do and some don't, and simply installing a port
* without first reading the Makefile, or a port being installed as
* a dependency, can make you end up with letter-programs in A4-country
* is unsatisfactory.
*
* How about this: Every port that requires the distinction comes in a
* base version that requires PAPERSIZE to be set (/etc/make.conf,
* environment, etc), plus there are explicit -a4, -letter, etc ports
* slaved off it that preset PAPERSIZE. The package building machine
* ignores the base port, dependencies from other ports only refer to the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* base one. The only disadvantage I see with this: yet more ports.
^^^^^^^^
How is this supposed to work with package dependencies?
Satoshi
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