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| author | hubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-03-05 16:37:14 +0000 |
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| committer | hubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-03-05 16:37:14 +0000 |
| commit | 126cb5e5c3500567ea890419fde3aa23a6fcf734 (patch) | |
| tree | 79d6fc28a0d9d9884452a6b54423b6f53645719a /Packages.txt | |
| parent | 3cb14bf074071cf73daa0b38e391dea102305a1a (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-126cb5e5c3500567ea890419fde3aa23a6fcf734.tar.gz | |
Add note on use of mk.conf variables.
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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 4fa66db50f8..29b38c0bc14 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.20 1998/03/05 15:26:03 tron Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.21 1998/03/05 16:37:14 hubertf Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -924,6 +924,23 @@ MANCOMPRESSED= 1 .endif + 9.10 How to pull in variables from /etc/mk.conf + =============================================== + +The problem with package-defined variables that can be overridden via +/etc/mk.conf is that the values of these variables aren't known at the +beginning of the Makefile, and thus can't be used in .if statements. It's +OK to use them like any other variable in expansions ("${VAR}"), but not in +.if-statements, though. + +Here's the preferred way to handle things if you want to include variables +in .if statements: + +1. in the pkg Makefile, set all the pre-install etc targets. +2. in the pkg Makefile, .include <bsd.port.mk> +3. Then put all the .if defined(USE_SOCKS), .if defined(USE_IDEA) etc + + 10 Submitting ============= |