Subject: Re: enigmail
To: Jan Danielsson <jan.m.danielsson@gmail.com>
From: Tobias Nygren <tnn@NetBSD.org>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 05/20/2007 11:30:38
On Sun, 20 May 2007 01:34:43 +0200
Jan Danielsson <jan.m.danielsson@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello all,
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>    Let's say I would want to add enigmail (http://enigmail.mozdev.org)
> to pkgsrc.. What would be the best way to do that?
> 
>    It requires the thunderbird sources, so it's best to build while
> thunderbird is being built.
> 
> It is possible (or heard of) to add a configuration parameter like:
> 
> PKG_OPTIONS.tb_plugins=enigmail
> 
>   ..which would cause the enigmail plugin to be installed as thunderbird
> is being build.
> 
>    The same would go for gaim-latex, etc.
> 

If possible, i think it's better to make them separate packages.
Even if it means you have to build the entire thunderbird again just
to get a couple of plugin files which you install manually.

-Tobias