OPTIONSng: Overide options in /var/db/ports/*/options ?

[Marco Steinbach]

Chris Rees wrote on 17.03.2013 17:15:
> On 17 Mar 2013 15:45, "Marco Steinbach" <coco at executive-computing.de> wrote:
>> Matthew Seaman wrote on 17.03.2013 14:49:
>>
>>> On 17/03/2013 12:16, Marco Steinbach wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> is there a way to overide options stored in /var/db/ports/*/options,
>>>> basically getting back the pre-OPTIONSng behaviour of being able to
>>>> overide port options in /etc/make.conf ?
>>>>
>>>> Before OPTIONSng was introduced, I was able to specify options in
>>>> /etc/make.conf (WITHOUT_X11, WITHOUT_CUPS, WITH_MAILHEAD, WITH_SSL,
>>>> WITH_MYSQL, WITH_DOVECOT, ...), which then overode any occurency of that
>>>> option in any port (or just specific ones, by e.g. checking .CURDIR),
>>>> regardless of the setting the ports option file contained.
>>>
>>> Find the uniquename of the port[*] (by 'make -V UNIQUENAME') then in
>>> /etc/make.conf
>>>
>>> uniquename_SET= FOO BAR BAZ
>>> uniquename_UNSET= BLURFL
>>>
>>> will override the default settings in that port's Makefile for the FOO,
>>> BAR, BAZ and BLURFL options.
>>>
>>> Note: this won't override any settings you make from an options dialog.
>>> Might be a good idea to 'make rmconfig' if you only want to rely on
>>> /etc/make.conf
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Exactly my point.  Currently, with OPTIONSng there seems to be no way to
> overide anything in /var/db/ports/*/options.
>> I find it irritating, that I no longer can be sure about options in
> /etc/make.conf.  I have to check/reconfigure to make sure.
>> As much as I like OPTIONSng (especially in combination with
> dialog4ports), this is one thing I'd very much like OPTIONSng to relearn:
> Enforce options regardless of what's in a ports options file.
> 
> No, that's a bad idea.  It's more confusing to have options not being set
> that are checked in the OPTIONS dialog.
> 
> Setting those in make.conf sets defaults, and allows them to be overridden
> in individual ports.

Let's say I never want CUPS, X11, EXAMPLES and DOCS, regardless of what 
I willingly or accidentially configured in an OPTIONS dialog (or is 
defaulted to in a ports Makefile), either because I didn't understand 
the dependancy of a choice, I fat-fingered something or someone helps me 
configuring something, and wants to make sure I get it right:

OPTIONS_UNSET_FORCE= CUPS X11 EXAMPLES DOCS

Same goes for the complementary case of having options set forcibly, 
either system-wide or per port:

particularport_SET_FORCE= EXAMPLES DOCS

I'd set these in /etc/make.conf, and be done for good.

I have a local patch for that kind of behaviour, but wanted to check for 
possible alternatives besides the beaten path, before bothering bapt at .

MfG CoCo