Re: Preserving binary packages

[David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 07:27:13AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
 > 
 > "OBATA Akio" <obata%lins.jp@localhost> writes:
 > 
 > > I felt that "PKGSRC_KEEP_BIN_PKGS=yes" means "keep binary package already
 > > in ${PACKAGE} (prevent to overwrite)".
 > 
 > That's a good point.  Perhaps PKGSRC_IMPLICIT_CREATE_PKGS, since this is
 > really about turning "make install" into "make package-install" (for
 > every target where that makes sense).  But really people have to read
 > the text that goes with a variable anyway.

I would suggest PKGSRC_ACCUMULATE_PACKAGES=yes, since that's also what
it does and it's less open to misinterpretation.

 > I think we've more or less reached the conclusion that a lot of people
 > like agc's suggestion, and the ones that don't particularly care for it
 > agree that the presence of the option won't distress them.

Yes.

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David A. Holland
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