From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 31 10:03:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 429E1DA0 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:03:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s_gammons@charter.net) Received: from que11.charter.net (que11.charter.net [209.225.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD0B288D for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:03:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from imp11 ([10.20.200.11]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.8.01.05.09 201-2260-151-124-20120717) with ESMTP id <20130731100006.SPYN10448.mta21.charter.net@imp11>; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:00:06 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.233] ([24.179.91.77]) by imp11 with smtp.charter.net id 6y061m00M1g8bLw05y06Pi; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:00:06 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=dIr+A5lb c=1 sm=1 a=QMZxmYOTzEZ29+aioRx9iA==:17 a=yUnIBFQkZM0A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=hOpmn2quAAAA:8 a=Td_l_GlAp4gA:10 a=HiTfwDC6YiJylv-cYJMA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=QMZxmYOTzEZ29+aioRx9iA==:117 Message-ID: <1375264380.27294.9.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: Port Build options From: Stan Gammons To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:53:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <1375237644.27294.4.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4 (3.6.4-3.fc18) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:03:02 -0000 On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 04:53 -0400, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > Stan, > > This is a interesting question and one that I struggled with back when I > first came to open source YEARS ago... > what time and experience will taught me is that, more is almost ALWAYS, NOT > better... so really there is no upside at all to building all of the ports > with all of the options... even if it COULD be done... > > on FreeBSD, I can tell you that the packages are build with the default > options... that is to say... when you type "make install" if the port has > options, whatever is "checked" when the screen comes up, is what the > package would have... Thanks everyone for the replies on this. The reason I ask is I continue to struggle to get KDE4 to work the way I want. Or perhaps I should say the way it works on Linux. I've used FreeBSD for several years, but this is the first time I'd tried to make a graphical interface work with it. Perhaps that's a question/problem for another list and best not posted here. Stan