HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 13:06, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 07:03:59PM +0100, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> > Adam Weinberger wrote:
> > 
> > >>>(01.20.2004 @ 1248 PST): Joe Marcus Clarke said, in 3.9K: <<
> > >>>Can we at least have
> > >>>
> > >>>OPTIONSNAME?=${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
> > >>>
> > >>>here? It makes sense for all the localized ports, perl, ruby, python, 
> > >>>linux
> > >>>and others.
> > >>
> > >>That makes sense...maybe having the whole trifecta is a good idea, too:
> > >>${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
> > >>
> > >>And what about UNIQUENAME instead of OPTIONSNAME?  This way, it could be
> > >>used for other purposes.
> > >>
> > >>>end of "Re: HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes" from Joe Marcus Clarke <<
> > >
> > >
> > >If all you're going for is a unique identifier for each port, this is
> > >guaranteed unique:
> > >
> > >${.CURDIR:S@${PORTSDIR}@@:S@/@_ at g}
> > >
> > >x11_gnome2, etc.
> > 
> > Sorry to bring it up again, LATEST_LINK is designed to do what we want, it
> > has just a stupid name...
> 
> If it just has a stupid name, then what's wrong with
> OPTIONSNAME=${LATEST_LINK} ?

Yes, you and eik are correct.  Even ports that set NO_LATEST_LINK still
have a LATEST_LINK defined for them.

Joe

> 
> This can easily be changed then at a later date if need be.
> 
> Ceri
-- 
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	marcus at FreeBSD.org
gnome at FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome

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