Changes between Version 321 and Version 322 of SummerOfCode

Timestamp:

Mar 4, 2019, 8:38:25 AM (5 years ago)

Author:

MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)

Comment:

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SummerOfCode

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 Currently, this means uninstalling ports used to **build** the port.
 There is [https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2019-January/thread.html#46344 interest in modifying this behavior].
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+* Difficulty: Medium
+* Languages: Tcl
+* Potential mentors: mcalhoun
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+==== Give Portfile Better Access to CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, etc. ==== #accessflags
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+Currently, the environmental variables CFLAGS and the like are set late in the process (arch flags added, -pipe added, etc.).
+Of course, there are [https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2018-November/thread.html#39694 good reasons for this].
+Unfortunately, this means that there is no Portfile access to these values.
+This causes some ugly workarounds such as duplication of code from the base or `configure.cmd printenv` and `configure.post_args {>> Makefile.macports.inc}`.
+Giving Portfile at least the **option** of accessing these values could help clean up Portfile code.
 
 * Difficulty: Medium