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IIRC FreeBSD uses environment variables. So say you want XMMS compiled |
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with GNOME support you set the environ USE_GNOME to 1 and it will. It |
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lets you know at the beginning of the build. |
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Personally I think that the USE variables are a little too generalized, |
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I'd like to see optional finer grained control. Another example, just |
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because a console MP3 player has LDAP support, doesn't mean I want it, |
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but I do for mail programs. |
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I envision some sort of ncurses/X based config where you smack a few |
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checkboxes and "BAM!" your packages are configured to your specs. To |
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shield the unwilling, maybe a command-line option to enable the extra |
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config options? |
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I don't know, but I'd really like to see something like Debconf with |
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Gentoo. I'd be willing to help someone out, but I don't have the gusto |
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to do it myself. :) |
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</rant> |
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JR Boyens |
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jboyens@×××××××.edu |
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On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 16:41, Davis, Robert G. wrote: |
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> I know when you emerge it will read USE= and compile in options if it is in |
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> your USE=. Is there plans to add the ability to have optional packages? |
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> ex. gentoo xine requires libdvdcss. What if you don't want it. Could |
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> future emerge prompt for option libs that aren't installed. In the above if |
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> it is already installed use it, if not prompt the user. I could see this |
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> could supplement the USE= for rare libraries or even replace it. |
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> Robert Davis |
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