Subject: Re: May I rename _PRESERVE_WRKDIR to PRESERVE_WRKDIR?
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
From: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
List: pkgsrc-bulk
Date: 11/25/2005 08:29:22
Alistair Crooks wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 07:18:43PM +0100, Roland Illig wrote:
> 
>>I find this a useful variable and don't see any reason why it should not 
>>be public.
> 
> 
> You obviously have some other use for this variable - it's only used
> once in the bulk build infrastructure, from what I can see - what do
> you want to use it for?

I don't want to change its use. I just want to change its name. 
Currently it starts with an underscore, and therefore isn't part of the 
public interface to the bulk builds. It therefore might change without 
notice.

I want to make it part of the public interface.

Roland