cvs commit: ports/devel/gettext Makefile

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 11:28:00PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 10:42:53PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 05:16:29AM +0000, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > > obrien      2004-07-12 05:16:29 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     devel/gettext        Makefile 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Fix the release build.
> > 
> > What's the problem?  This surely isn't the best way to fix it.
> 
> Some ports needed in a 'make release' have dependencies on gettext.
> 
> If either of the nobs had any real functionality, *maybe* the overly
> interactive dialog would be worth it.  But this port was hassling users
> over useless bits.  To tell the truth, I don't think "WITH_HTMLMAN"
> actually does anything.
> 
> If this were the 'mutt-devel' port, I could understand the use of
> "OPTIONS".  But if someone is really missing these bits, a gettext-<BITS>
> port should be created.

The interactive OPTIONS setting is easily disabled by setting BATCH
(which is the canonical way to disable all kinds of port
interactivity).  You should just add that to the release port build
environment instead.

Kris

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