Re: AW: A question about options

Hi Thierry,

You’re absolutely right, OPSYS and OSREL aren’t available before bsd.options.mk (or bsd.port.pre.mk), so the .if logic I mentioned can’t influence OPTIONS_DEFAULT early enough.

In that case, maybe the cleanest current workaround would indeed be to rely on OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_FreeBSD_16= PREVASSET and let the other option (GCC) become the implicit default in the RADIO group. That at least ensures the correct behavior on 16+.

Otherwise, this seems like a real framework gap — maybe worth extending bsd.options.mk with support for OPTIONS_DEFAULT_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}, mirroring how the OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_* macros work today. That would make conditional defaults possible in a clean, declarative way.

Best regards,
Rikka

P.S.: Resending to list — my earlier reply went off-list by mistake.

Am 07.10.2025 00:17 schrieb Rikka Göring <[email protected]>:

Hi Thierry,

You’re absolutely right, OPSYS and OSREL aren’t available before
bsd.options.mk (or bsd.port.pre.mk), so the .if logic I mentioned can’t influence
OPTIONS_DEFAULT early enough.

In that case, maybe the cleanest current workaround would indeed be to rely on
OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_FreeBSD_16= PREVASSET and let the other option (GCC) become the implicit default in the
RADIO group. That at least ensures the correct behavior on 16+.

Otherwise, this seems like a real framework gap — maybe worth extending bsd.options.mk with support for
OPTIONS_DEFAULT_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}, mirroring how the OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_* macros work today. That would make conditional defaults possible in a clean, declarative way.

Best regards,

Rikka

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Von: Thierry Thomas

Gesendet: Montag, 06. Oktober 2025 10:03

Bis: Rikka Göring

Betreff: Re: A question about options

Le lun. 6 oct. 25 à 3:39:56 +0200, Rikka Göring <[email protected]>

écrivait :

> Hi Thierry,

Hello Rikka,

> I think there isn't currently a macro like

> OPTIONS_DEFAULT_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}, only the OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_*

> variants, so defaults can't be dynamically adjusted per release using

> existing helpers.

> A possible workaround might be to set defaults programmatically in a

> .if block, e.g.:

> .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSREL:R} >= 16

> OPTIONS_DEFAULT= GCC

> .else

> OPTIONS_DEFAULT= PREVASSET

> .endif

> That would avoid having to globally change the default while still

> staying within the framework.

> (Unless I missed a more elegant way, but I don't think the framework

> currently exposes one.)

Thanks for your answer, but actually you cannot check OPSYS and OSREL

before bsd.options.mk (or bsd.port.pre.mk), and it’s impossible to set

an option after them…

Best regards,

--

Th. Thomas.