Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 03:59:28 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sane way to resolve potential conflicts in the system Message-ID: <20160425035928.edcaaa42.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20160425013028.GA47422@neutralgood.org> References: <CAAdA2WPZiBYxK9XL_ToAvWtQOiJ0Da7fqVBinyq10%2BMC10zz6A@mail.gmail.com> <CAOc73CC57yjqteXrZZd%2Bs2Z353r9AycG39mf9f136hGaY=iTzQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WMJc%2Bt=mw9FZ5ScPBxg0K5t-J7VHozBPBjd_-1TzunCZw@mail.gmail.com> <20160423162910.7cd2ede2@curlew.lan> <BLU436-SMTP13BF30CFA35882760E7E8080600@phx.gbl> <CAAdA2WNJ1ru4NunPZ1aZkndXYnK218ojB-3673FDtoBcAH-OJA@mail.gmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP216A4769A78511EFEBCDFB280600@phx.gbl> <571C294B.3020907@ShaneWare.Biz> <BLU437-SMTP19DE12341BE14C4FEBED0B80610@phx.gbl> <20160425013028.GA47422@neutralgood.org>
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:30:28 -0400, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > I'm curious what a system would look like that lets you customize > compile time settings but doesn't require you to recompile if you want > to change said compile time settings. As far as I understand, package "flavors" can do this to some extent. However, for n options, 2^n packages would be needed (in worst case), plus a method to derive their correct name. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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