Subject: Re: Alternatives in the same package
To: Adam Ciarcinski <adam@albedo.art.pl>
From: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/20/2005 15:41:39
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:58:54 +0200 (CEST)
Adam Ciarcinski <adam@albedo.art.pl> wrote:
[snip]
> > 2) Use variable named, say, USE_LANG which may be set to "ruby" or
> > "perl" at the build stage. Resulted package name may be also dependent
> > on the selected value for USE_LANG. The conflicts will be also handled.
> >
> > Any opinion, how to create such packages?
>
> I would say: if the two implementations work independently, split the
> package in two: -ruby, -perl. If you can choose between the two options,
> or have them both compiled at the same time, then use options.mk
> framework.
Yes, options framework seems much better rather custom variables.
Thanks!
--
Mishka.