Kevin Oberman <kob6...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I think makefile-options is the way to go, I should also > point out that for the specific case of emacs and X11, it is > not used due to the very large differences. Other "variants" > are handled via options, but there are separate emacs and > emacs-nox11 ports. > ... > The port maintainer/developer has to make a call as to which > approach is more practical, but I suspect portmgr@ will press > for maximum use of makefile-options.
One reason to use a slave port instead of an option is so that both configurations will be routinely build-tested, and corresponding packages made available. Any one port can have only one "default" configuration. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
