Synth and circular dependencies

[Adam Weinberger]

> On 22 Aug, 2017, at 20:11, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722 at twc.com> wrote:
> 
> from Jonathan Chen:
> 
>> On 22 August 2017 at 18:34, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722 at twc.com> wrote:
> [...]
>>> I believe Synth and poudriere have no means for setting options.  That should be enough impetus to make it easier to bypass the dialog4ports entirely.
> 
>>> From the synth man page:
>>     <profile>-make.conf
>>                       This is an optional, user-provided file. If it exists,
>>                       the builder's /etc/make.conf will be appended with the
>>                       contents of this file. For the default profile, the
>>                       file would normally be located at
>>                       /usr/local/etc/synth/LiveSystem-make.conf
> 
>> All you need to do is to convert your /var/db/ports/* options into
>> make.conf style options and put it into LiveSystem-make.conf.
> 
>> Works for me.
> 
> At this stage, I think I don't want to ever again see a dialog4ports!
> 
> How do I convert /var/db/ports/* options into make.conf-style options in a reasonable amount of time?

Make a script. The directory name is the option prefix.

> I don't (yet) have a LiveSystem-make.conf apart from /etc/make.conf, but I have 
> /usr/local/etc/synth/synth.ini
> 
> I see (running "less" on this file)
> 
> [Global Configuration]
> 
> 
> [LiveSystem]
> 
> Directory_packages= /var/synth/live_packages
> Directory_repository= /var/synth/live_packages/All
> Directory_portsdir= /BETA1/usr/ports
> Directory_options= /var/db/ports
> Directory_distfiles= /BETA1/usr/ports/distfiles
> Directory_buildbase= /usr/obj/synth-live
> Directory_logs= /var/log/synth
> Directory_ccache= disabled
> Directory_system= /
> Number_of_builders= 6
> Max_jobs_per_builder= 4
> Tmpfs_workdir= true
> Tmpfs_localbase= true
> Display_with_ncurses= true
> leverage_prebuilt= false
> 
> occurring four times, the latter three being verbatim repeats of the first.
> 
> Now I want to get rid of the Directory_options line, should I delete the line or should I change "/var/db/ports" to "/dev/null"?  Or just move /var/db/ports to /var/db/ports2, which I intend to do anyway?
> 
> What if synth finds /var/db/ports no longer there?

Just move everything out of it. That directory starts off empty anyway.

# Adam


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