On 2014 Aug 26 (Tue) at 05:02:41 +0400 (+0400), Vadim Zhukov wrote:
:2014-08-26 4:49 GMT+04:00 Chuck Burns <[email protected]>:
:> On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 1:10:17 AM Vadim Zhukov wrote:
:>> See the pkg_create(1), particularily the "VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION AND
:>> FRAGMENT INCLUSION" part.
:>>
:>> Also, please note that in OpenBSD we usually try to minimize both
:>> number of options and number of optional FLAVORs.
:>>
:>> And the final note: are you sure you want "core" and "client" as
:>> FLAVORs, and not as MULTI_PACKAGES? See the detailed description of
:>> the latter in the bsd.port.mk(5).
:>>
:>> --
:>> WBR,
:>> Vadim Zhukov
:> Well, they can each be installed together or separately, have no dependency
on
:> each other, but for some reason, the core still wants to install an icon.
:>
:> I figured it'd be easier to just have them as flavors, and default to
installing
:> all three. It's a distributed IRC client, so it will not work as designed
:> without a core running somewhere.. a client running somewhere. Now, the
:> monolithic version simply runs the core internally alongside the client.
This
:> is useful for people who simply like the UI but don't want to have to
configure
:> a server for it. Now, with that said, I suppose I could do away with the
:> monolithic option on OpenBSD. Now, how a couple of Linux distributions do
:> this is they have a "quassel" package with all the common stuff, and
"quassel-
:> mono/server/client" packages that all require the quassel package.
:>
:> The way FreeBSD handles it is, the package simply installs all three parts no
:> matter what, and the ports system has options for building whatever part you
:> may actually want. I was hoping to be able to use OpenBSD's flavors to make
:> this a little more binary-friendly...
:
:Then I say again: take a look at the MULTI_PACKAGES. It's definitely
:what you actually want.
:
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: WBR,
: Vadim Zhukov
:
As Vadim says, you want MULTI_PACKAGES.
FLAVOR is when the builds and packages *conflict*
MULTI_PACKAGES is when you can use them together (or seperate) in harmony.
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