On 03.03.2007, at 10:48, Randall Wood wrote:
Is this +no_startupitem variant really smart?
I recently had a request to add a +without_startupitem variant to a
port I maintain and rejected the request; since startupitems simply
enable a port to be started at boot time, but do not cause a port
to be booted at start time, it simply seems stupid to deliberately
cripple a server port such that a user would have to reinstall it
if they wanted to start the port at boot time later.
BTW: If the variant is to be retained, can it be named
+without_startupitem instead?
The best way out of this would be to perform some port magic (that
needs to be developed first...); this would be something along the
idea Landon proposed for the Python ports (py-/py24-/py25-):
We need a "common code" file that gets included by multiple
Portfiles. The best thing imho would be, if we enable ports not to be
recognized by the name "Portfile" but by a suffix - this way multiple
Portfiles can live in one directory - e. g. apache2.
Then we can create a common file with e. g. version, distfiles, etc.
and two Portfiles "apache2" and "apache2-server". Those would both
include the common file with e. g. the description, version number,
dependencies, etc. but would consist of the "base apache2
installation" and the "startup-foo" respectively.
cheers,
-Markus
PS: Oh and yes: As long as we don't have a clean solution like this,
I'd say: Nuke the whatever_startupitem variant and create a "-server"
Port - this way everybody can get happy.
On 2 Mar 2007, at 16:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Revision 22490 Author [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date 2007-03-02 13:51:15
-0800 (Fri, 02 Mar 2007) Log MessageAdd a +no_startupitem variant
that prevents the automatic startup of the Apache web
server.Modified Paths
trunk/dports/www/apache2/Portfile
Diff
Modified: trunk/dports/www/apache2/Portfile (22489 => 22490)---
trunk/dports/www/apache2/Portfile 2007-03-02 20:42:45 UTC (rev
22489) +++ trunk/dports/www/apache2/Portfile 2007-03-02 21:51:15
UTC (rev 22490) @@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ configure.args-append --with-
mpm=event } +variant no_startupitem { + startupitem.create no +} +
startupitem.create yes startupitem.start \ "\[ -x ${prefix}/
apache2/bin/apachectl \] && ${prefix}/apache2/bin/apachectl start
> /dev/null" @@ -112,4 +116,3 @@ "\[ -r ${prefix}/apache2/logs/
httpd.pid \] && ${prefix}/apache2/bin/apachectl stop > /dev/null"
startupitem.restart \ "\[ -r ${prefix}/apache2/logs/httpd.pid \]
&& ${prefix}/apache2/bin/apachectl restart > /dev/null" -
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