Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:12:20 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> To: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make KNOBS Message-ID: <47C3C9E4.908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> References: <20080225215522.r3jb5v548o0scks8@webmail.1command.com> <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com>
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On 02/26/2008 10:35, Chris H. wrote: > Hello, and thank you for your reply. > > Quoting Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>: > >> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:55:22PM -0800, Chris H. wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> Maintaining a make.conf file can be a fairly daunting task within >>> itself. But when upgrading, it becomes even more laborious. Peeking >>> into the port Makefile to discover any /new/, or /changed/ knobs is >>> standard fare. But it's not always obvious exactly /what/ the >>> WITH_<this>, or WITHOUT_<that> actually provides. >>> To the point: >>> Is there, or does anyone maintain a KNOBS list possibly categorized >>> by application/port/version, etc...? >>> >>> If not, are there any resources that might help me facilitate one >>> online for myself and others to refer to? >>> >>> >>> Thank you for all your time and consideration. >>> >> For src/, there is an src.conf(5) manpage that documents >> supported WITH_*/WITHOUT_* knobs. For ports/, I'm not >> aware of such a list. > > Indeed. I was aware of, and make much use of it. But am struggling > with finding the port(s) equivalent. If there isn't one, I'd be > more that happy to dedicate a domain/ web site solely to providing > this resource. Perhaps a wiki that I, and anyone else can add the > WITH_/WITHOUT_ options, along with descriptions of exactly /what/ > they provide. Seems like a /real/ valuable, and /needed/ resource. > > Thanks again for your response. > > --Chris H There's /usr/ports/KNOBS file, which lists some of most used KNOBS, but, sadly enough, every other port maintainer tries to invent his own knob names :-) >> >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Ruslan Ermilov >> ru@FreeBSD.org >> FreeBSD committer Yuri
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