Re: Enable cups for all packages?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:26:20 +0100
Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> it is possible to enable cups support for single package like using
>  PKG_OPTIONS.ghostscript = cups
> 
> But how do I enable it for all packages, without finding out all
> current packages and keeping the PKG_OPTIONS.* list up to date with
> every new cups support for a package?
> I don't want to get into trouble like now with firefox3, where I was
> told that it depends on cups support in gtk2.

I've been thinking the same thing -- there are a lot of packages with a
cups option.
> 
> Another option would be to enable it by default, but I don't think
> that everyone wants that here.
> 
agreed.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb