[SOLVED] Re: OPTIONS problem

Alejandro Pulver alejandro at varnet.biz
Thu Apr 28 15:57:20 PDT 2005


On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:35:34 -0300 (ART)
"Alejandro Pulver" <alejandro at varnet.biz> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am making a meta-port that has options to choose which components to
> install.
> 
> Each component also has its own options, but when they are built as
> dependencies, they do not prompt for their own options (neither use
> the defaults), but they inherite the options from the meta-port.
> 
> Is this supposed to work like this?
> 
> How can I make dependencies prompt for their own options?
> 
> I found some ports use a script for the configuration (in
> "scripts/config", and create a "Makefile.inc"). Does it have
> adventages over the OPTIONS variable?
> 
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Ale

Sorry, I was using many ports with the same PORTNAME but different
PKGNAMESUFFIX (and OPTIONS uses ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}).

Best Regards,
Ale


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