devel/libtool13 <-> databases/mysql40-client dependency problem

[Clement Laforet]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:23:00 -0700
Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 07:20:41PM -0400, Adam C. Migus wrote:
> 
> > The thing with the USE_ variables is they seem to be a bit over used
> > and symatically ambiguous.  They're used for things in the make
> > enviornment itself as well as packages themselves.
> 
> If that's true, it's a bug.  Can you please point to examples?
> 
> All USE_* variables are supposed to be port-internal.  The user
> control knobs for specifying dependency preferences are
> WITH_*/WITHOUT_*.

Monthes (years ?) ago, some ports had USE_* knobs, but they seem to have
been sanitized. Maybe should we proceed an ultimate sanity check ? 
Committers are aware of this, I think.
In USE_MYSQL case, PR ports/56252 fix infinite loops when USE_MYSQL is
user defined.

regards,

clem