maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 295073] www/apache24: PROXY option vs. OPTIONS_MULTI_PROXY

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Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 07:49:45 UTC
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Bug 295073: www/apache24: PROXY option vs. OPTIONS_MULTI_PROXY
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=295073



--- Description ---
OPTIONS_MULTI_PROXY should be OPTIONS_GROUP_PROXY, as it's well possible to
build Apache without any proxy module. Therefore, the PROXY option is just
obsolete, as either one or more PROXY_xxx are defined, or none.

Currently, in case that all of PROXY and PROXY_xxx are UNSET, "make config"
fails if portconfig is not installed:

# make -C /usr/ports/www/apache24 config
===> Building/installing portconfig as it is required for the config dialog
===>  Cleaning for portconfig-0.6.2_2
===> Skipping 'config' as NO_DIALOG is defined
===>  License BSD2CLAUSE accepted by the user
====> You must check at least one option in the PROXY multi
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[2]: stopped making
"/usr/obj/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portconfig/work/.install_done.portconfig._usr_lo
cal"
in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portconfig
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make[1]: stopped making "clean install" in /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portconfig

===> Options unchanged
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