Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:50:01 +0000 From: Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Forcing port reinstalls without rebuilding over and over again Message-ID: <SN1PR20MB2109B4985450DE66308228B780A00@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <dd3a2542-a505-c4c0-671f-6f300d351471@dreamchaser.org> References: <47758EF2A172AE3BCA2F6E66@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <1793865D5AEE79C2FC27331F@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20181212204151.659fb436.freebsd@edvax.de> <296D11C4E1B5870932452073@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20181212214714.4017e195.freebsd@edvax.de> <5116e02a-79e8-d0c5-89c7-88b80effd693@dreamchaser.org> <B1479069F776C9AE6BD2F6E4@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <dd3a2542-a505-c4c0-671f-6f300d351471@dreamchaser.org>
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:52:21 -0700, Gary Aitken stated: ><off-topic> >What I find particularly difficult, however, is keeping track of options. >Some ports have NLS by default, some have EXAMPLES by default, some have >various GUI options by default. NLS is fairly easy to get rid of, but >the gui options are not. And the 5 word hint in the options dialog is >usually totally inadequate to determine if you want (or need) the option >enabled. It would be really helpful if there was a button you could hit >to give you more detailed info about what each option is for; kind of a >pkg-descr for the option, explaining when you want it and when you don't. ></off-topic> +1 --=20 Carmel
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