On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 10:23:53AM +1000, grant beattie wrote:
> On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 01:26:36AM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> 
> > +# Globalized variables
> > +GLOBAL_FEATURES=	OPENLDAP
> > +
> > +# Default value is 'NO' for not-yet-defined variables, but it can be
> > +# overriden on a package-by-package basis
> > +.for _feat_ in ${GLOBAL_FEATURES}
> > +USE_${_feat_}?=	NO
> > +.  if defined(USE_${_feat_}.${PKGBASE}) && \
> > +       !empty(USE_${_feat_}.${PKGBASE}:M[Yy][Ee][Ss])
> > +USE_${_feat_}=	${USE_${_feat_}.${PKGBASE}}
> > +.  endif
> > +.endfor
> 
> perhaps a more obvious way to define an overridable default for each
> feature would be to do something like:
> 
> USE_<FEATURE>.pkgbase=	no
> USE_<FEATURE>.*=	yes
> 
> this concept is definitely a step in the right direction. :)

Well, I didn't know make allowed stars in variable names.  As good as
the example you give is, I find it rather confusing, generally
speaking.

Quentin Garnier.