On Jun 4, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jun 4, 2009, at 18:33, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
There is:
/opt/local/etc/macports/variants.conf
where you could put:
+server
and I believe you will get the +server add to all ports that port
builds, no?
Yes. But I see no reason why a user who wants a server of port A
should be automatically assumed to want a server of ports B through
Z as well.
I mentioned recently gentoo's package.mask for masking packages or
packages above a version. Personally I'd like something like that
in ports.
Wouldn't it be useful and simple to add the capability to /opt/
local/macports/variants.conf to specify a port:variant combo?
clamav+server
mysql+server
or
port:clamav +server
or
clamav mysql5 +server
guncash +nox11
I'm not familiar with the gentoo package.mask feature. But for this
case, in MacPorts, I see no benefit to what you suggest.
You're suggesting that a user who wants to have clamav with the
+server variant should add a line like "clamav+server" to
variants.conf (and enhance MacPorts base to be able to handle that
line).
Isn't it much simpler (and already supported by MacPorts today) for
that user to simply run "sudo port install clamav +server"?
Agreed.
The dry run feature would allow one to see what ports were going to be
added as dependents so a person could look at those ports and see if
they needed to be installed first so as to add desired variants.
I'm happy with MacPorts the way it is.
It was pretty easy on gentoo to get your self in trouble with emerge
world (more or less port upgrade installed) but that's why pretty much
everybody I know used the pretend -p flag with emerge before actually
doing anything.
//Brad
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