On Saturday November 05 2016 20:51:09 Ryan Schmidt wrote:

Hi,

>Instead of a procedure that the portfile calls directly, you would probably 
>want to use an "option" (a variable with extra features) and an "option_proc" 
>(a procedure that gets called automatically when an option's value is changed).

Yes, that sounds likely. At least I wasn't wrong that a procedure would be 
required, something more than what a simple "options" and "default" can achieve.

>The php.branches option in the php 1.1 portgroup, the python.versions option 
>in the python 1.0 portgroup, and the github.tarball_from option in the github 
>1.0 portgroup are examples of this functionality.

Great, thanks.

R.

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