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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:38:47 +0200
From:      Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.bawue.com>
To:        Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org, portmgr@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/103161: Add 'make version' to bsd.port.mk
Message-ID:  <20060921083847.GC85154@voodoo.bawue.com>
In-Reply-To: <200609200710.k8K7AI0e002837@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200609200710.k8K7AI0e002837@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:10:18AM +0000, Lars Engels wrote:
>  > On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 10:45:56PM +0200, Lars Engels wrote:
>  >
>  >> When run in a port's directory, 'make version' shows the the port's  
>  >>  name and version (${PKGNAME}), so no more searching in the  
>  >> Makefile  is needed.
>  >> While I'm in ports.7, I added the description for 'make maintainer', too.
>  >
>  > What's wrong with 'make -V PKGNAME'?
>  >
>  > Kris
>  
>  Hi Kris,
>  
>  in my opinion, 'make -V PKGNAME' is not very user friendly and  
>  intuitive. And because there is also a 'make maintainer' target, I  
>  thought it was a good idea to add the 'version' target.

If submitter doesn't object, I'd like to close this PR.  We have:

.if !target(package-name)
package-name:
    @${ECHO_CMD} ${PKGNAME}
.endif

which does exactly what submitter needs.

-Kirill



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