Passing make flags to a dependency
Max Baker
maxbaker at users.sourceforge.net
Sun Feb 6 12:05:23 PST 2005
Thanks Mike,
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 11:01:07AM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> This is going to be a can of worms for you to automate, here are a few
> reasons why:
>
> What if apache2 is all ready installed without SSL turned on?
> What if the user wants other features besides SSL?
>
> Suggestion: Test for a library that will only exist if apache2 has
> been installed with WITH_SSL_MODULES=yes and if that library is missing
> then have your port refuse to build with a message that apache2 must be
> built with WITH_SSL_MODULES=yes.
This is a good point. I could change the scope of this dependency to be
"SSL would be a good idea". Going on that, is there a way that I could
specify that SSL be turned on if apache2 does get built by my port, else
give a warning that it's a Good Idea and/or bug out?
-m
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