Firstly I should ask, is there a great resource somewhere I should read about flavors, and why this has come to be so I can be more informed? From this handbook https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/flavors.html I read:
"Flavors are a way to have multiple variations of a port. The port is built multiple times, with variations. For example, a port can have a normal version with many features and quite a few dependencies, and a light “lite” version with only basic features and minimal dependencies."
Isn't this the whole concept behind ports and packages? You want some options added or removed you do your
"Flavors are a way to have multiple variations of a port. The port is built multiple times, with variations. For example, a port can have a normal version with many features and quite a few dependencies, and a light “lite” version with only basic features and minimal dependencies."
Isn't this the whole concept behind ports and packages? You want some options added or removed you do your
make config
and then off to the races you go? What problem does this fix?