Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 22:17:03 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: stop complaining about x11 please (was: Re: Why does PORTS SUCK so BADLY!?) Message-ID: <20000501221703.A73550@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <390DDE5F.69E94C2C@rochester.rr.com>; from dheller1@rochester.rr.com on Mon, May 01, 2000 at 03:43:27PM -0400 References: <009b01bfb389$96546cf0$b8209fc0@marlowe> <20000501101044.F24573@fw.wintelcom.net> <00b901bfb38f$e4625cd0$b8209fc0@marlowe> <20000501105116.B32172@ccsales.com> <20000501113038.I24573@fw.wintelcom.net> <20000501234432.A2998@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000501150045.A391@argon.blackdawn.com> <20000502004233.A3681@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <390DDE5F.69E94C2C@rochester.rr.com>
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[ questions -> ports ] > > > With my qt145/kdelibs11 maintainer hat on, I'd just like to point out that > > > GL is used in Qt for the QtGL extensions. However, it does seem that most > > > programs don't use GL, so perhaps you could conjure a patch to the Qt port > > > to allow command-line disabling of GL. > > > > My benchmark would be that if the original tarball configures and > > builds without this dependency, the port should not insist on it > > (there should be some user-choice); but if the original configure > > script refuses to continue, then the dependency should be retrieved > > and built automatically. To take another example, mpeg-lib or aalib > > in Gimp are optional, but gtk/glib are not. Either there could be a > > PORT_MINIMAL=yes or the user could be prompted with a (y/n) dialogue > > whether such optional packages should be retrieved, or there could > > just be warning messages about missing functionality. I don't know > > how difficult it would be to implement but I feel it would be useful. > > It would be nice when installing ports that, the user be given some > choices if there are different options avail. It would avoid having to > interrupt the build process and re-making. Something like portconf: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nbm/portconf/ ? portconf is a mechanism to provide a tool with information about what options a port understands. It's based on the apache13-php3 build, and could theoretically be used in friendly ports installers, like the gtk/ncurses front-ended one I wrote to accompany portconf. portconf comes with a perl version to live in ports-base so no extra software is needed, and a c/ncurses and a c/gtk version for other uses. It's almost the exact opposite of debconf in debian, which configures the package during/after install, whereas portconf configure the build. It should work well together with WITH_*. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Hacker In Chief, Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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