On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:06:33AM +0000, Stuart Cassoff wrote:
> I think that a debug flavor for Tcl is potentially useful to people who 
> write Tcl extensions or programs in Tcl. Debug flavors may be generally 
> useful for tracking down bugs in a port or even in OpenBSD itself. It isn't 
> always as easy as #defining DEBUG, though. :)

I mean 'DEBUG=-g make', which already does some secial things, and isn't
any less/more easy than 'FLAVOR=debug make'.

e.g. from the example I mentioned (audio/jack/Makefile):

.ifdef DEBUG
CONFIGURE_ARGS +=       --enable-debug
.endif

... which is actually simpler than making an explicit FLAVOR ...

> 
> Stu
> 
> 
> >From: Jacob Meuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: Re: Updated Tcl/Tk 8.5.2 ports.
> >Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:42:41 +0000
> >
> >On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 04:49:50PM -0400, Deanna Phillips wrote:
> >> "Stuart Cassoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > Polished install/Makefiles.
> >> > Nicer install of include files.
> >> > Added two flavors: debug (for the cautious), threaded (for the 
> >adventurous).
> >
> >hmm, do we want debug flavors?
> >
> >in the audio/jack port, if DEBUG is defined, debugging messages get turned
> >on.  I had a debug flavor, but if I'm going to debug a port, I want DEBUG
> >defined during build anyway ... I think having ports turn on debugging
> >when DEBUG is defined is a good "standard" for ports.  I still see the
> >usefulness of having separate packages though; being able to switch from
> >one to the other easily ... maybe debug FLAVORS for all ports could be
> >automatic, if DEBUG is defined?
> >
> >anyway, just some thoughts
> >
> >
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