> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
 >>     .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo)
 >>     SU_CMD=        ${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo /bin/sh -c
 >>     .endif
 >> 
 >> First, this .if doesn't work.

> What do you mean by "doesn't work"?
0 xxkb> grep -C1 SU_CMD /etc/mk.conf
.if exists(${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo)
SU_CMD=         ${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo /bin/sh -c
.endif
0 xxkb> make show-var VARNAME=SU_CMD
/usr/bin/su - root -c
0 xxkb> sudo jmacs /etc/mk.conf # remove .if here
0 xxkb> grep -C1 SU_CMD /etc/mk.conf 
#.if exists(${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo)
SU_CMD=         ${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo /bin/sh -c
#.endif
0 xxkb> make show-var VARNAME=SU_CMD 
/usr/pkg/bin/sudo /bin/sh -c
0 xxkb>

 >> Second, IMHO it is better to NOT use pkgsrc version of sudo
 >> for building pkgsrc packages just because A wants B and B wants A...

> There's no cyclic dependency.  Because if the ".if exists" test, sudo
> won't be used if it's not already installed.
Even if .if closure works, it doesn't help much
if I use pkg_chk for building LOTS OF packages
using unpriviledged mode for building and sudo for installing/packaging.
The built will be stopped with unnecessary prompt.

P.S.
The same cyclic dependency appears with 'wget' for used for fetching
distfiles also mentioned in pkgsrc.txt.

-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.