Remove mention of some old WANT_* and USE_* knobs from the Porter's Handbook WANT_PHP_WEB USE_FIREFOX* USE_SEAMONKEY* USE_THUNDERBIRD* WANT_GNOME HAVE_GNOME USE_BDB USE_PGSQL USE_SQLITE are all not supported anymore or have been replaced by USES=x. Approved by: ? Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D?????
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| 5899–5929 ↗ | (On Diff #43449) | Should this section be merged with makefile-use-vars above? |
| en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml | ||
| 5389–5467 ↗ | (On Diff #43449) | The variables from using-mozilla seem to all have been moved to USES=gecko AFAICT with the exception of USE_GECKO, but it seems to do something else now. It seems to be exclusive to the Gecko ports themselves and the documented values are not supported. All the framework seems to do is to check if it's defined to enable/disable what's in bsd.gecko.mk. |
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I am unsure about your change to the Using Databases section, it is now almost empty, and quite useless.
It would probably better to remove it altogether, or change the table from a list of variables and their uses to a list of databases and where and how to use them.
| en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml | ||
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| 5899–5929 ↗ | (On Diff #43449) | All the thing about WANT_* should be removed completely. The php example adds nothing, and there already is a php section some other place. |
| 5920–5924 ↗ | (On Diff #43449) | This should say that you also need USES=php. |
| en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml | ||
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| 5418–5419 ↗ | (On Diff #43453) | I think this will end up looking strange, something like this: See Section X.y USES=bdb for possible arguments to USES=bdb Same for the other examples. |
| 5425 ↗ | (On Diff #43453) | Never address the reader directly, so, When a port needs. |
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- Make the links in the database examples slightly less strange
- Do not addresse the reader with "you"