On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jun 18, 2012, at 12:19, Jeremy Huddleston wrote: > >>> Umm, no? Myth is really set up to build and install _all_ its software (ie >>> frontend and backend); >> >> That's why you would have a variant. Users who just want the frontend, >> don't want to build and install the backend. >> >>> it is up to the user to decide how they want to use that machine. >> >> Yeah, and if I don't want to use this machine as a backend, why do I need to >> waste my time building it ;) > > Consider that the mysql55 port builds and installs the client and server even > if the user only wants the client. the mysql55-server port only adds config > files and directories set up with the right permissions. > So in that model, the suggested mysql_server variant should really be a subport and not a variant. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
