Subject: Re: Turning off an option
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
From: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 03/07/2006 08:38:17
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:21:26PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> It wasn't a typo; I typed exactly what I meant.  When I see += syntax,
> I think "C", and C deprecated =+ (and =-) around 1979....
> 
> That said, your suggestion is working; thanks.

Make can't remove an item from a list like you tried with -=.  What =- does
is add the literal string "-gpgme" to the options list.  Pkgsrc interprets
this as the gpgme option being unset (if it was set by default).  

	Geert