From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 20:36:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44B2E1065673 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A21F78FC19 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 20:36:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m35KaT7L054263; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:36:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.5.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m35KaT7L054263 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1207427790; bh=5rs2aoL9KCdd/+ 8CYm4jswobxlxG1xtkE5KAJTC4Z6E=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type: Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Mes sage-ID:=20<47F7E2C8.6080507@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Sat,=2 005=20Apr=202008=2021:36:24=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User -Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.12=20(X11/20080310)|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Steven=20Friedrich=20|CC:=20freebsd -questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Documentation=20for=20port= 20config=20options?|References:=20<200804051609.30739.FreeBSD@insig htbb.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<200804051609.30739.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> |X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=2 0micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signatu re"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig0EC17850A25395D3128B0F97 "; b=VCwGARSOhi0DLgMnM+ZlWiExbcKiwvonnnbNAUZrvaRMq2OsnnK/mpjTRVxr7b 6CPDI45cUNdYnK7oqPC2pvv0QS9PV/tjMkUrO4zA7tXp1dNGT5jeLvOjXxxL5dSgUfs k9/Geuir6Ti+AozV0Vyhm/wQ0NjNzTvjldNB9l7/Jk= Message-ID: <47F7E2C8.6080507@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:36:24 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080310) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Friedrich References: <200804051609.30739.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <200804051609.30739.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0EC17850A25395D3128B0F97" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:36:30 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/6620/Sat Apr 5 20:47:32 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Documentation for port config options? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:36:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0EC17850A25395D3128B0F97 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Steven Friedrich wrote: > cups-base has several options: >=20 > [X] GNUTLS Build with GNUTLS library > [ ] PHP Build PHP support > [ ] PYTHON Build PYTHON support > [ ] LIBPAPER Build with libpaper support > [ ] DNSSD Build with DNS_SD (avahi) support > [ ] PAM Build with PAM support > [ ] LDAP Build with LDAP support > [ ] DBUS Build with DBUS support >=20 > Where can I find documentation regarding these options, so I can determ= ine=20 > which ones I need? That's actually a pretty hard thing to do, given the current way the ports tree operates. If you're lucky the port maintainer will have commented the ports' Makefile nicely for you. Another good place to look is the documentation included in the source tarball of whatever it is you are trying to build. In that case, it helps if you can follow through the logic in the ports Makefile to see what it does to change the build when the option is toggled -- usually it's by tweaking the options to the configure script in the package sources. Other possibilities are searching the web or asking someone knowledgeable= =2E Unfortunately there isn't a sure-fire way of getting any sort of reasonable explanation of how port options work. There is a proposal being discussed over on the freebsd-ports@ list about adding a one line explanatory snippet for each option, which would actually make a pretty big difference despite the limited space to work with. 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