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Date:      Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:49:42 +0100
From:      "Pav Lucistnik" <pav@FreeBSD.org>
To:        d@delphij.net, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports.conf: Is there a reason behind not being default?
Message-ID:  <20071218144900.M51742@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4767283D.70604@delphij.net>
References:  <4767283D.70604@delphij.net>

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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:54:05 -0800, Xin LI wrote

> I think that ports-mgmt/portconf (a.k.a. /usr/local/etc/ports.conf)
>  is a very handy feature that makes it much easier to store port options
> across upgrade.  Is there a reason behind not making it into
> bsd.ports.mk?  IMHO it's a big deal to take the script into
> ports/Tools/scripts, and move the configuration to somewhere like
> /etc/ports.conf...

I haven't checked it out yet. What can it do that can't be done in
/etc/make.conf with constructs like

.if ${.CURDIR} == "/usr/ports/editors/vim"
WITH_GTK2=yes
.endif

?

--
Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
              <pav@FreeBSD.org>




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