Re: Rebuilding firefore

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

On Sat, Apr 05, 2025 at 10:34:00AM -0400, Rob Whitlock wrote:
 > > I think PKG_FAIL_REASON is the "backend" - it can be set for various
 > > reasons - and BROKEN is the "frontend" used for explicitly setting
 > > packages as broken in their package Makefiles.
 > > Thomas
 > 
 > The pkgsrc guide recommends setting it in certain situations
 > 
 >   If the package should be skipped (for example, because it
 >   provides functionality already provided by the system),
 >   set PKG_SKIP_REASON to a descriptive message. If the
 >   package should fail because some preconditions are not
 >   met, set PKG_FAIL_REASON to a descriptive message.
 > 
 > https://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/fixes.html#not-building-packages
 > 
 > so I'm thinking maybe your explanation isn't entirely correct, or the
 > pkgsrc guide isn't correct.

BROKEN is a way to set PKG_FAIL_REASON, no more, no less.

.  if ${BROKEN:U:M*}
PKG_FAIL_REASON+=       "${PKGNAME} is marked as broken:"
PKG_FAIL_REASON+=       ${BROKEN}
.  endif

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost