From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 11:52:48 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 7AEBD1065AC7 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from mail.irbisnet.ru (mail.irbisnet.ru [IPv6:2001:470:1f09:aa:203:baff:fe18:f4c1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD2113C50E for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from thanatos.abyss ([85.172.11.220]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.irbisnet.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1Q8CK9J085227; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:12:22 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Message-ID: <47C3C9E4.908@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:12:20 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080225) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chris H." References: <20080225215522.r3jb5v548o0scks8@webmail.1command.com> <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 11:52:51 -0000 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 :-) >> >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Ruslan Ermilov >> ru@FreeBSD.org >> FreeBSD committer Yuri