Re: pkg/48157: pkgsrc 2013Q2 make-system exeeds max. command line length

[Wolfgang Stukenbrock <wolfgang.stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/48157; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Stukenbrock <wolfgang.stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/48157: pkgsrc 2013Q2 make-system exeeds max. command line 
length
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:21:14 +0100

 Hi to all,
 
 I don't think that placing variables only needed for "some" builds - for 
 whatever reasons - in /etc/mk.conf is a real good sollution.
 
 This special variable is used to suppress lots of messages while 
 building some packages during "initial" system installation - the state 
 of the network is unknown at this time.
 (We've automated the system setup a little bit, because it is not 
 practical to setup (or upgrade) many systems by hand in a consistant way.)
 The variable should not be setup for builds later if the system is 
 completely configured and running.
 And I also don't think that editing in /etc/mk.conf "all the time" is a 
 good idea either.
 
 /etc/mk.conf is the right place to setup system depedant things - e.g. 
 support for the different compilers on a Solaris system - or 
 "security"-setups like to disallow automatich installation into /etc/shells.
 
 But neverless, it is no good idea to replicate command line options 
 while calling make in a recursive way. And this is done!
 You will loose even without setting some additional things on the 
 command line if the recursion is deep enought.
 So I don't think to solve this issue is "to hack around for a special 
 usage" as mentioned in an other reply before.
 And I also don't thing that specifying variables with "-D .." is an 
 unexpected usage. E.g. the messages when additional licenses are needed 
 to be accepted suggest to do this.
 
 Best regards,
 mary christmas and a happy new year
 
 W. Stukenbrock
 
 
 Thomas Klausner wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/48157; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 > To: NetBSD bugtracking <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/48157: pkgsrc 2013Q2 make-system exeeds max. command line
 >  length
 > Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:21:05 +0100
 > 
 >  On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 01:15:00PM +0000, Wolfgang Stukenbrock wrote:
 >  >  The "-D ALLOW_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES" (and some other options) are placed 
 >  >  on the command line for each recursive package build again and again and 
 >  >  again. So triggering the problem needs a deep recursion tree.
 >  
 >  That doesn't sound like a good idea.
 >  How about putting it in your /etc/mk.conf like the other variables you set?
 >   Thomas
 >  
 >