An alternative Eclipse 3 port

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Mark Linimon wrote:
>>I picked the former (WITH_MOTIF), since the latter is apparently
>>forbidden from the following snippet in open-motif/Makefile (on which we
>>depend):
>>
>>.ifdef USE_MOTIF
>>.error You have `USE_MOTIF' variable defined either in environment or in
>>make(1) arguments. Please undefine and try again.
>>.endif
> 
> 
> The WITH_* variables are intended to be user settable.  The USE_* variables
> are intended to be set only by the ports framework.

That's what I figured too, by skimming through the ports tree (USE_MOTIF 
is never used in an if clause).

> The use of .error is a bug in this case.  If someone sets USE_MOTIF in
> /etc/make.conf (which should _not_ have USE_* variables set, but ...),
> then 'make index' will fail, and probably 'make search' as well.
> 
> The correct usage AFAICT is to set the IGNORE Makevar instead of using
> .error, in all cases.
> 
> Is it really true that Eclipse is intended as a slave port of open-motif?  Or
> is this just a case of trying to reuse common code?

The latter actually, I was looking for prior art. Not that I found it 
though. There are instances of WITHOUT_MOTIF (e.g. kdebase), but no 
WITH_MOTIF that I could find.

Thanks for the clarification,
-- 
Panagiotis Astithas
Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD
Network Management Center
National Technical University of Athens, Greece