Default +universal variant for configure-based ports

[Kevin Ballard]

Right now ports get a +universal variant. If you try and use it, the  
variant checks to make sure it's building with configure. If not,  
then it errors out.

But the default is not to use +universal. The user still has to pass  
that variant manually.

Incidentally, ports will not actually list +universal as a supported  
variant, since PortIndex won't see it. I'm not sure if we should care  
(the problem with adding it to the displayed variants list is right  
now every port will respond to +universal, but it will only *succeed*  
on some).

Maybe we should have a command that you can add to the portfile that  
declares it supports +universal, at which point portindex will list  
it in the variants list?

On Feb 26, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Blair Zajac wrote:

> Hello Paul,
>
> I'm not saying a user would do this.
>
> But isn't the default a +universal variant now if a configure  
> script is used?

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Kevin Ballard
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