[macports-ports] branch master updated: grep: add new variant to install as ggrep

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Thu Jun 21 02:21:57 UTC 2018


On Jun 20, 2018, at 05:45, George Plymale II wrote:

> Marius Schamschula (Schamschula) pushed a commit to branch master
> in repository macports-ports.
> 
> 
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commit/35915ffebeb3fc380ca45cdbde23e8ed9a8eb51d
> 
> The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
> 
>      new 35915ff  grep: add new variant to install as ggrep
> 
> 35915ff is described below
> 
> 
> commit 35915ffebeb3fc380ca45cdbde23e8ed9a8eb51d
> 
> Author: George Plymale II
> AuthorDate: Tue Jun 19 23:33:37 2018 -0400
> 
> 
>     grep: add new variant to install as ggrep
> 
> ---
>  sysutils/grep/Portfile | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


> +variant g_prefix description {Install the program as ggrep} {
> +    configure.args-append --program-prefix=g
> +}

Why are we offering this? Selecting this variant would break any port that depends on this port. We should strive not to provide users with ways of shooting themselves in the foot.




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