From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 11:47:30 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 8280010657E1 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:47:30 +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 8A76113E8B9 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:09:30 +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 m1QB9M4S066057 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:09:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id m1QB9MLY066056 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:09:22 -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; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:09:21 -0800 Message-ID: <20080226030921.8cnpz2qoe8044wko@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:09:21 -0800 From: "Chris H." To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20080225215522.r3jb5v548o0scks8@webmail.1command.com> <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> <47C3C9E4.908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47C3C9E4.908@gmail.com> 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 11:47:34 -0000 Hello, and thank you for your reply. Quoting Yuri Pankov : > On 02/26/2008 10:35, Chris H. wrote: >> 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 > > 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)