Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> 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
>
> ?
Actually it can only do less than that (and it won't work if /usr/ports is a
symlink, at least the last time I checked). The only advantage is a more
compact (and simple) syntax.
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