Re: Package a second port (gitlab-ee instead of gitlab-ce)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 7:54 AM Matthias Fechner <mfechner@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I maintain the www/gitlab-ce port and would like to make also a
> www/gitlab-ee port available.
> The ee port only needs another distfile and some very small
> modifications in the FreeBSD Makefile.
>
> Is a slave port here an option?
>
> Or should I use another technique (maybe just include the gitlab-ce
> Makefile in the ee port and overwrite and extend some targets?)
>
> Maybe someone has a suggestion here?
>
> Here a short diff, it will maybe best explain what I want:
> https://gitlab.fechner.net/mfechner/Gitlab/-/commit/6240f36dba538becb3482d0d3a16af2cd873bd31

The

- GL_PROJECT= gitlab-foos
+ GL_PROJECT= gitlab

part makes it use a completely different distfile.

The problem is best solved by using FLAVORS, I guess. See
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#flavors