Adam Byrtek wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 19:38, Rainer Müller <[email protected]> wrote: >> So the port munin could be the node only, and munin +server additionally >> installs the server. This would be reasonable as the node gets installed >> more often than the server. > > This was my initial idea, based on the mysql5 port. On the other hand > the fact that the server was not there had been very confusing when I > installed MySQL from MacPorts for the first time :)
MySQL 5 is an interesting case because the server variant only creates a startupitem. Normally something this inexpensive should not warrant a variant (and causes confusion as you note), but it does cause installing the port to require root. > Anyway I think I will go in this direction, as the "server" variant is > already known - I don't like variants that are used in only one > package. By the way is there some description of popular global > variants with explanation of their meaning? This would be very useful > both for users and developers and would help maintain consistency. I > have a feeling that there are too many mysterious variants out > there... There is _resources/port1.0/variant_descriptions.conf, which should be used whenever possible. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
