[MacPorts] #18373: create variant +with_default_names

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Sun Mar 15 04:33:45 PDT 2009


#18373: create variant +with_default_names
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 Reporter:  snc@…             |       Owner:  mww@…            
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  Normal            |   Milestone:  Port Enhancements
Component:  ports             |     Version:  1.7.0            
 Keywords:                    |        Port:  gnutar           
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Comment(by mww@…):

 do we have a standardized name for this kind of variant?
 "with_default_names" is rather confusing, it should rather be named
 "no_gnu_names" or "with_conflicting_names" or "gnu_style"; for someone who
 has no idea of what a variant does "with_default_names" sounds much too
 optimistic imho... especially since using this variant can mess up the
 build process of other ports (not for gnutar as tar on OS X is gnutar, but
 for coreutils);

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/18373#comment:1>
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