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PREFER.pkg defaults
In response to Richard's change of PREFER.openssl for SunOS, I'd like
to introduce a new private variable _OPSYS_PREFER.<pkg> which will
allow us to provide an advisory per-platform default.
Currently the mk/platform files set PREFER.<pkg> which has the highest
precedence, so users cannot override these defaults via PREFER_PKGSRC
or PREFER_NATIVE. I think it's messy having users put PREFER.<pkg> in
mk.conf, especially as it is occasionally overridden in pkgsrc.
The patch is here:
http://www.netbsd.org/~jperkin/opsys-prefer.patch
and I've also taken the opportunity to expand the documentation. With
this, the SunOS case where a PREFER_PKGSRC user wants to use the
builtin openssl would be handled with:
PREFER_PKGSRC= yes
PREFER_NATIVE= openssl
in mk.conf, which to me is most in line with the principle of least
astonishment.
Thanks,
--
Jonathan Perkin - Joyent, Inc. - www.joyent.com
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