We don't use it, it's nothing but wasteless noise for us.
If somebody actually has some *practical* use for that variable,
it's time to speak up !
Index: bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk,v
retrieving revision 1.1213
diff -u -p -r1.1213 bsd.port.mk
--- bsd.port.mk 2 Mar 2013 13:08:49 -0000 1.1213
+++ bsd.port.mk 3 Mar 2013 20:46:33 -0000
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ _ALL_VARIABLES += DISTFILES PATCHFILES S
MASTER_SITES0 MASTER_SITES1 MASTER_SITES2 MASTER_SITES3 MASTER_SITES4 \
MASTER_SITES5 MASTER_SITES6 MASTER_SITES7 MASTER_SITES8 MASTER_SITES9 \
CHECKSUM_FILE FETCH_MANUALLY MISSING_FILES \
- PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP
+ PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP
_DPB_MULTI = ${MULTI_PACKAGES}
.endif
.if ${DPB:L:Mall}
@@ -215,13 +215,12 @@ _MAKEFILE_INC_DONE = Yes
.endif
.if !defined(PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM) || !defined(PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP) || \
- !defined(PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM) || !defined(PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP)
+ !defined(PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP)
ERRORS += "The licensing info for ${FULLPKGNAME} is incomplete."
ERRORS += "Please notify the OpenBSD port maintainer:"
ERRORS += " ${MAINTAINER}"
_BAD_LICENSING = Yes
PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM = No
-PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM = No
PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP = No
PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP = No
.endif
@@ -2950,11 +2949,6 @@ describe:
@echo -n "n|"
. endif
. if ${PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP${_S}:L} == "yes"
- @echo -n "y|"
-. else
- @echo -n "n|"
-. endif
-. if ${PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM:L} == "yes"
@echo -n "y|"
. else
@echo -n "n|"
