Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:10:31 +1100 From: Geoffrey Giesemann <geoffwa@idkfa.ath.cx> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which ports store/use OPTIONS (/var/db/ports/portname/options)? Message-ID: <20060228111031.GA47555@idkfa.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20060228103912.GA166@pentarou.parodius.com> References: <867j7gd8kw.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org> <20060228083210.GI13185@goofy.cultdeadsheep.org> <20060228103912.GA166@pentarou.parodius.com>
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 02:39:12AM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:32:10AM +0100, Clement Laforet wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:18:07PM -0500, Chris Shenton wrote:
> > > Other ports don't, like www/apache22. This is annoying because I have
> > > to remember when I rebuild it, and portupgrade won't get my needed
> > > tweaks like WITH_PROXY_MODULES.
> > >
> > > For apache22 I've set my needed tweaks in /etc/make.conf but that
> > > doesn't seem the best place, especially since the config names are so
> > > generic, like WITH_SSL_MODULES.
> >
> > www/apache2* ports can't be converted to OPTIONS since many build time
> > options are not simple defines.
> >
> Likewise, www/cgiwrap can't be fully converted to OPTIONS for this
> reason (i.e. supporting a custom logfile location), and the same for
> www/suphp.
>
> Personally, I've never liked OPTIONS and /var/db/ports. I consider it
> "another directory I have to worry about", especially if the port
> author changes some of the OPTIONS names between port revisions ("Eh?
> Why is this port building with the wrong settings... *30 minutes later*
> Oh, hrm..."). I'm also not very fond of curses, especially when it
> comes to dealing with it over a serial console that lacks proper
> terminal support.
>
> Additionally, there needs to be dialog --inputbox support for OPTIONS
> to become useful.
>
I prefer OPTIONS since you get a list of all of a port's configurables
without having to read the port's Makefile (some Makefiles are neater
than others).
Another thing OPTIONS could/should do is reprompt for a config in the
event that OPTIONS list changes.
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