Improving /usr/ports/Makefile ?

[Robin Schoonover]

On Sat, 01 May 2004 22:41:44 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On May 1, 2004, at 5:22 PM, Robin Schoonover wrote:
> > I'd rather have something like
> >
> > .for TCAT in ${SUBDIR}
> > .  if exists (${.CURDIR}/${TCAT})
> > _SUBDIR_C+= ${TCAT}
> > .  endif
> > .endfor
> > SUBDIR=${_SUBDIR_C}
> >
> > attached after all the SUBDIR lines instead because it adds less 
> > clutter
> > to the actual SUBDIR listing, which makes it a little eaiser (IMO) to
> > read.
> 
> Are you sure this will actually do anything?  Without referring to the 
> code I would expect bsd.port.subdir.mk to ignore (with warning) 
> categories that are listed but nonexistent.
> 

You're right.  Now it is even more worthless. :P

The only use it has now that I can see is that make -V SUBDIR doesn't show
nonexistant directories.  (I don't think we need that very much.)

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