On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 07:50:36AM +1000, Rene Hexel wrote:
> Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> 
> >The alternative is to have aalib probe for X11 and autoconfigure
> >itself to either include or exclude X11 support.
> >
> > Any comments?
> 
>   I believe the way to go is to merge aalib-x11/buildlink.mk into
> aalib/buildlink.mk.  They are basically the same, so all that needs
> changing is the dependency in the new, unified aalib/buildlink.mk to:
> 
> BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.aalib?= aalib{,-x11}>=1.4.0.4
> 
>   Then aalib-x11/buildlink.mk can be retired. This way, packages
> only have to include aalib/buildlink.mk for either aalib or aalib-x11.
> Packages that depend on a specific (X11 or non-X11) version can override
> this dependency.

I suggest you look at PR 16354 and the following discussion.

Regards,
Alistair