Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:51:02 -0400 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: pav@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Serge Gagnon <serge.gagnon@b2b2c.ca> Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <44633336.2080202@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <1147351018.799.36.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <20060508212441.GB767@picobyte.net> <e3tcpq$fc1$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060510190606.GH44733@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <e3to04$o4n$1@sea.gmane.org> <0IZ200LU6MUTD391@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> <44631677.7040409@vonostingroup.com> <20060511105834.M94745@FreeBSD.org> <44632963.7020202@vonostingroup.com> <1147351018.799.36.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz>
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Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Frank Laszlo píše v čt 11. 05. 2006 v 08:09 -0400: > >> Pav Lucistnik wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 11 May 2006 06:48:23 -0400, Frank Laszlo wrote >>> >>> >>>> Serge Gagnon wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>>> If you're talking about message that the port is saying about KNOB, try >>>>> grep ECHO Makefile and if you're talking about message while the port is >>>>> installing stuff, try cat pkg-message before installing this port ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> As I said before, a simple method to fix this problem would be to >>>> extend the way OPTIONS works, where we create a new target to list >>>> possibly options for the port, and require maintainers to keep it up >>>> to date. i.e. >>>> >>>> # make options >>>> ===> Options for foo/bar. >>>> WITH_BAR Build port with support for bar >>>> WITH_FOO blah >>>> WITH_A blah blah... >>>> >>>> This would be fairly simple to implement using the current way >>>> OPTIONS are handled, I'll add this to my list of todo items. >>>> >>>> >>> We already have this. Tried make showconfig? >>> >>> >> This only shows currently configured options and depends on the >> existence of _OPTIONSFILE. I would like to see a target that shows user >> configurable options BEFORE they are built/configured. >> > > You are right. That's not very useful. I have just submitted this > patch: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?q=97133 > > Great! There's a start. it looks pretty good, and is a hell of a lot more useful than the previous showconfig target. __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584
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