[BRAINSTORMIG] name of the variable for passing command line
options via make
Rene Ladan
r.c.ladan at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 21:01:22 UTC 2012
On 25-09-2012 07:56, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 24/09/2012 23:15, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>> Here is an implementation that do work:
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/OVERRIDE_BLA.diff
>>
>> Now OVERRIDE_SET/UNSET doesn't seems to be the best name :)
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=170180
>>
>> Here are other proposition from me:
>> LATE_SET/UNSET
>> CMD_SET/UNSET
>
> SETOPT and UNSETOPT ?
>
> As in:
>
> # cd /usr/ports/foo/bar
> # make SETOPT="THIS THAT" UNSETOPT="THEOTHER" install
>
> Since it is setting or unsetting options, and that expresses the user's
> wishes clearly and succinctly.
>
I vote for this one, with WITH/WITHOUT as a good second one.
René
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