Re: AW: A question about options

[Rikka Göring]

Hi Thierry,

You’re absolutely right, OPSYS and OSREL aren’t available before bsd.options.mk (or bsd.port.pre.mk), so the .if logic I mentioned can’t influence OPTIONS_DEFAULT early enough.

In that case, maybe the cleanest current workaround would indeed be to rely on OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_FreeBSD_16= PREVASSET and let the other option (GCC) become the implicit default in the RADIO group. That at least ensures the correct behavior on 16+.

Otherwise, this seems like a real framework gap — maybe worth extending bsd.options.mk with support for OPTIONS_DEFAULT_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}, mirroring how the OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_* macros work today. That would make conditional defaults possible in a clean, declarative way.

Best regards,
Rikka

P.S.: Resending to list — my earlier reply went off-list by mistake.

Am 07.10.2025 00:17 schrieb Rikka Göring <rikka.goer...@outlook.de>:

Hi Thierry,

You’re absolutely right, OPSYS and OSREL aren’t available before bsd.options.mk (or bsd.port.pre.mk), so the .if logic I mentioned can’t influence OPTIONS_DEFAULT early enough.

In that case, maybe the cleanest current workaround would indeed be to rely on OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_FreeBSD_16= PREVASSET and let the other option (GCC) become the implicit default in the RADIO group. That at least ensures the correct behavior on 16+.

Otherwise, this seems like a real framework gap — maybe worth extending bsd.options.mk with support for OPTIONS_DEFAULT_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}, mirroring how the OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_* macros work today. That would make conditional defaults possible in a clean, declarative way.

Best regards,
Rikka

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Von: Thierry Thomas
Gesendet: Montag, 06. Oktober 2025 10:03
Bis: Rikka Göring
Betreff: Re: A question about options

Le lun.  6 oct. 25 à  3:39:56 +0200, Rikka Göring <rikka.goer...@outlook.de>
 écrivait :

>    Hi Thierry,

Hello Rikka,

>    I think there isn't currently a macro like
>    OPTIONS_DEFAULT_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}, only the OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_*
>    variants, so defaults can't be dynamically adjusted per release using
>    existing helpers.
>    A possible workaround might be to set defaults programmatically in a
>    .if block, e.g.:
>    .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSREL:R} >= 16
>    OPTIONS_DEFAULT= GCC
>    .else
>    OPTIONS_DEFAULT= PREVASSET
>    .endif
>    That would avoid having to globally change the default while still
>    staying within the framework.
>    (Unless I missed a more elegant way, but I don't think the framework
>    currently exposes one.)

Thanks for your answer, but actually you cannot check OPSYS and OSREL
before bsd.options.mk (or bsd.port.pre.mk), and it’s impossible to set
an option after them…

Best regards,
--
Th. Thomas.