From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 20:57:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B4037B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA9443F85 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:57:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from sdn-ap-009dcwashp0462.dialsprint.net ([63.188.81.208] helo=moo.holy.cow) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19Uevj-000520-00; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:57:16 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 66AC1CD54; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:00:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:00:23 -0400 From: parv To: Tim Middleton Message-ID: <20030624040023.GA30981@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Tim Middleton , Ulrich Spoerlein , ports@FreeBSD.org References: <46462.63.104.35.130.1055950651.squirrel@email.polands.org> <1056122775.311.2.camel@gyros> <20030622170410.GC282@galgenberg.net> <200306232250.11318.x@Vex.Net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306232250.11318.x@Vex.Net> cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: make options (was Re: FreeBSD Port: mozilla-devel-1.4b) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:57:18 -0000 in message <200306232250.11318.x@Vex.Net>, wrote Tim Middleton thusly... > > This would be awesome. I notice some ports have a pop-up interface > that lets you choose various options. Oh crap! I hate those dialog windows; i tolerate(d) it during sysinstall. I much prefer command line switch/option way. > perhaps it could be standardized and called automatically? ...as long as it is not the only way and things can be passed/specified/shown in pain text. > For example, if you install the postfix port a popup comes up with > check boxes asking whether you want LDAP, or to disable PCRE, > a bunch of other options... And that port is hard to build w/ options on the command line for the same reason. I rather not interact w/ port making. > i wish more ports used this... it would make life easier. Yours, not mine. My life will become a bitch. Then again, everybody is entitled to their opinion. Actually, i would prefer a Makefile.local for each port w/ all the options commented out and/or default/normal options chosen & the rest commented out. Of course, that would be most helpful when all the ports take Makefile.local in account. (Well, it doesn't exactly have to be "Makefile.local", it could be some other mechanism/file, which deals only w/ various knobs/options.) - Parv -- A programmer, budding Unix system administrator, and amateur photographer ISO employment... http://www103.pair.com/parv/work/