Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:09:21 -0800 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make KNOBS Message-ID: <20080226030921.8cnpz2qoe8044wko@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <47C3C9E4.908@gmail.com> References: <20080225215522.r3jb5v548o0scks8@webmail.1command.com> <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> <47C3C9E4.908@gmail.com>
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Hello, and thank you for your reply. Quoting Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com>: > 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 :-) Indeed - /sadly/, so it seems. :) --Chris H > >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- >>> Ruslan Ermilov >>> ru@FreeBSD.org >>> FreeBSD committer > > > Yuri > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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