From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 07:35:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD1316A402 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:35:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [75.160.109.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0786F13C458 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:35:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m1Q7ZN5q038782 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id m1Q7ZN6Q038781 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from hitme.hitometer.net (hitme.hitometer.net [75.160.109.235]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:23 -0800 Message-ID: <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:23 -0800 From: "Chris H." To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20080225215522.r3jb5v548o0scks8@webmail.1command.com> <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> In-Reply-To: <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) 4.1 Professional (not for redistribution) / FreeBSD-5.5 Subject: Re: make KNOBS X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:35:32 -0000 Hello, and thank you for your reply. Quoting Ruslan Ermilov : > 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_, or WITHOUT_ 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 > > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov > ru@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD committer > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)