From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 14:13:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF13216A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:13:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from april.chuckr.org (april.chuckr.org [66.92.151.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4153443D39 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:13:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from april.chuckr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by april.chuckr.org (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iB2EbtsO063826; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:37:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost)iB2EbsFI063823; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:37:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) X-Authentication-Warning: april.chuckr.org: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:37:54 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Florent Thoumie In-Reply-To: <41AF2172.8080402@xbsd.org> Message-ID: <20041202093155.P61139@april.chuckr.org> References: <20041202091234.C61139@april.chuckr.org> <41AF2172.8080402@xbsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: OPTIONS usage in lang/python X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:13:52 -0000 On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Florent Thoumie wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > I need to get some action out of what seems to be a really new feature of > > ports, the OPTIONS keyword. In the latest version of the lang/python > > port, I need to get some of the options activated, but I'm not certain of > > the ssyntax, so I can't tell if I've invoked it. > > > > Can I ask, if one of the options is named "THREADS", then how do I go > > about activating that option? > > > > Thanks > > Scroll down and you'll find the WITHOUT_THREADS knob. Just set this > variable to something. Well, let's try answering my question --- does that mean, to activate it, you would use something like WITH_THREADS=YES ?? I tried turning on everything in the OPTIONS list that way, and then grepping the listing for the words, but they didn't show up, so I was worried that I had misused it. I want to determine the syntax for the OPTIONS keywords, both to turn them on and turn them off. Hmm, that first sentence reads a little miffed ... sorry, I always react that way, when folks write up docs by igivng an example instead of giving the real data. It never fails to tick me off, just my hot button. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------