From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 05:28:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC5316A403 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 05:28:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C91013C44B for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 05:28:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l055SKHo003027 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:28:21 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.1.10] (c-24-19-52-201.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.19.52.201]) (authenticated authid=dsyphers) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l055SKiJ008687 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:28:20 -0800 From: David Syphers To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:28:59 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <438465.16988.qm@web32710.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200701041327.52134.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <200701041339.36221.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <200701041339.36221.fcash@ocis.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701042129.00139.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.4.211436 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CD 0, __CP_NAME_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CTYPE_CHARSET_QUOTED 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Subject: Re: win32-codecs question ... 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: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:28:21 -0000 On Thursday 04 January 2007 13:39, Freddie Cash wrote: > If a port supports the OPTION framework, then the first time you run make ... > > This is all nicely documented in the ports(7) man page. Where I wouldn't think to look unless I knew something had changed, or something failed to build with a "look at ports(7)" error. > And there were a bunch of head's ups on the -ports mailing list Which I don't read... I don't think I was subscribed to this even back when I read -current, -cvs-all, -hackers, -ipfw, -mobile, -questions, -security, and -stable. > I believe there's also a blurb about this in the handbook. I haven't read the handbook on ports since the 1990's. I'm just a poster child for all that the doc people hate, aren't I? :) > And a mention of it in /usr/ports/UPDATING > and/or /usr/ports/CHANGES. Now, this I read. And no, it's not documented there. The only mentions in UPDATING are under postfix entries, and I don't use postfix. The entries in CHANGES wouldn't catch your eye unless you knew what you were looking for - everything assumes prior knowledge of what OPTIONS is and what it implies. Nonetheless, I am now enlightened. And I feel like an old fogey even though I'm not even 30 :) -David -- Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.