Subject: Re: bdb.buildlink3.mk providing CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS/LIBS?
To: grant beattie <grant@NetBSD.org>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/22/2004 11:36:53
On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 12:27:46PM +1000, grant beattie wrote:
> currently bdb.buildlink3.mk does not provide any CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS/LIBS
> definitions for packages to use like the old db/buildlink2.mk does
> (BUILDLINK_CPPFLAGS.db, BUILDLINK_LDFLAGS.db, BUILDLINK_LIBS.db).
>
> this means that packages which need to be explicitly told what db
> implementation to use can't yet be upgraded to use buildlink3. I am
> specifically referring to mail/exim3, I'm sure there are others.
>
> is there some magic I am missing to achieve this, or should I just
> add the variables?
Have you looked how do the other packages that use bdb.bl3.mk
manage?
Thomas