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List:       netbsd-tech-pkg
Subject:    Re: PKG_OPTIONS handling not clearly documented
From:       "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy () NetBSD ! org>
Date:       2007-12-30 23:02:23
Message-ID: 20071230180223.5ee74823.darcy () NetBSD ! org
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:32:21 +0100
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 11:10:22AM -0500, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > Note change to subject from "PKG_OPTIONS not properly handled."
> > 
> > How is this?
> 
> What part of >>Options listed are selected, options preceded by "-" are
> disabled.<< is not clear? It given includes examples. So yes, this is a
> typical case of RTFM.

It's not clear that options that are deselected may be selected if they
were "suggested" by the package maintainer.  OK, it might be clear to a
lawyer but this change simply makes it clear to someone trying to take
in the whole pkgsrc system at once.  It even confused me and some
others that I consider reasonably intelligent.

It would probably have helped if PKG_SUGGESTED_OPTIONS had been called
PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS instead.

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D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@NetBSD.org>
http://www.NetBSD.org/
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