Subject: Re: new feature for bmake: read-only variables
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/01/2005 22:41:30
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 09:58:06PM +0200, Roland Illig wrote:
> That sounds good, so for anyone who wants to see which variables are 
> modified deep inside pkgsrc, here's the updated patch. The intended 
> usage is:
> 
> .BEGIN_READONLY:
> VAR= value
> .END_READONLY:
> 
> VAR2= value2
> .READONLY: VAR2

Do you still need the block style when working with targets anyway? You
can just use ".READONLY: VAR VAR2"  all the time. It also avoids strange
question when someone later adds an .include in between :-)

Joerg