Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Variable Required Dependencies (PackageA vs. PackageB) - In a case where > there is a required dependency for a package that can be satisfied by > more than one package, we could use a variable representing that > dependency. For example, if the dependency is having an MTA installed, > we could use the internal variable MTA and you could call make with > something like 'make MTA=... install-[package-name]'. If the variable > isn't set on the command line, then make will prompt for a user choice.
My approach to this would be to either accept the first of alternative packages listed or add an xml tag to indicate what the blfs editors would suggest as the default choice. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
