HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes

[Ceri Davies]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 07:03:59PM +0100, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Adam Weinberger wrote:
> 
> >>>(01.20.2004 @ 1248 PST): Joe Marcus Clarke said, in 3.9K: <<
> >>>Can we at least have
> >>>
> >>>OPTIONSNAME?=${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
> >>>
> >>>here? It makes sense for all the localized ports, perl, ruby, python, 
> >>>linux
> >>>and others.
> >>
> >>That makes sense...maybe having the whole trifecta is a good idea, too:
> >>${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
> >>
> >>And what about UNIQUENAME instead of OPTIONSNAME?  This way, it could be
> >>used for other purposes.
> >>
> >>>end of "Re: HEADS UP: New bsd.*.mk changes" from Joe Marcus Clarke <<
> >
> >
> >If all you're going for is a unique identifier for each port, this is
> >guaranteed unique:
> >
> >${.CURDIR:S@${PORTSDIR}@@:S@/@_ at g}
> >
> >x11_gnome2, etc.
> 
> Sorry to bring it up again, LATEST_LINK is designed to do what we want, it
> has just a stupid name...

If it just has a stupid name, then what's wrong with
OPTIONSNAME=${LATEST_LINK} ?

This can easily be changed then at a later date if need be.

Ceri
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