Re: git: 6d2a9d6effb7 - main - devel/edi: add an option to build the port against libclang

From: Jan Beich <jbeich_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 15:12:07 UTC
Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> writes:

> On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 01:37:58PM +0100, Jan Beich wrote:
>
>> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> ...
>> > +LIBCLANG_LIB_DEPENDS=	libclang.so:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}
>> > +LIBCLANG_MESON_ON=	-Dlibclang-libdir=${LOCALBASE}/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}/lib \
>> > +		-Dlibclang-headerdir=${LOCALBASE}/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}/include
>> > +LIBCLANG_MESON_OFF=	-Dlibclang=false
>> > +
>> > +LLVM_VERSION?=	${LLVM_DEFAULT}
>> 
>> Can be simplified via USES=llvm e.g., [...]
>
> Yeah, I've thought of it, but reckoned it's less transparent while spelled out
> in roughly the same number of lines.  I've used USES=llvm before, but was told
> that it's still under development.  Maybe I'll revisit this once it stabilizes.

Citation needed for "under development". Even 2023Q1 supports USES=llvm.

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/#uses-llvm