bsd.port.options.mk status

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:58:34 -0500, Pav Lucistnik <pav at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Dmitry Marakasov píše v po 10. 09. 2007 v 19:26 +0400:
>> * Pav Lucistnik (pav at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
>>
>> > > > It's possible to use this feature, but only on -CURRENT and  
>> -STABLE
>> > > > FreeBSD systems newer than certain date. No existing release  
>> supports it
>> > > > - it will be supported in upcoming 6.3 and 7.0.
>> > > Erm, isn't ports code (more or less) release-independent? What's  
>> missing
>> > > in existing FreeBSD versions that's needed to support options.mk?
>> > The make only looks into /usr/share/mk for includes, until told
>> > otherwise. bsd.port.options.mk is included before bsd.port.pre.mk, so  
>> it
>> > can't be found. Base system was modified to install stub of the same
>> > name into /usr/share/mk to workaround this problem.
>> Understood. Then we really have to wait till 5.5 and 6.2 EOL to use
>> options.mk... That's a bit strange to wait multiple years for an
>> useful feature, aren't there any workaround planned?
>
> The question is, are there any workarounds possible?

Create a port of that, the old FreeBSD versions depend on it to install in  
/usr/share/mk. I kind of don't like it, but it looks like it's only a  
solution if it has to be in /usr/share/mk.

Cheers,
Mezz


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