Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:52:51 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> Subject: Re: Finding options for ports Message-ID: <200411151552.51786.ringworm@inbox.lv> In-Reply-To: <41991FB5.8010605@vonostingroup.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0411151215270.18509@vp4.netgate.net> <200411151324.09969.ringworm@inbox.lv> <41991FB5.8010605@vonostingroup.com>
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On Monday 15 November 2004 01:29 pm, Frank Laszlo wrote: > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > >On Monday 15 November 2004 12:18 pm, Kill the Penguin wrote: > >>I've ran into this sort of problem from time to time. How do you > >> find and specify options in those ports that don't present a > >> banner. For example, the php4 port has many options listed in the > >> Makefile.ext file, but it's not clear how to turn these on. I > >> looked through the ports docs again and I don't see anything like > >> "make showoptions". Can someone give me a clue? > >> > >>Chris > >> > >>Only adults have difficulty with childproof caps. > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >To find "WITH" type options I just do the following: > > > >cat Makefile | grep WITH > > > >Hope this helps some... > > > > > >-Mike > > I believe I brought up the idea of "showoptions" in a previous post. > Maybe we should bring it back up :) > We should really have a standard file/section to denote these options > in an easily readable format. We cant assume > that normal users are going to open up the Makefile and look around > aimlessly for them. anyways, just my 2 cents. > I must have missed that post, showoptions would be a nice feature though I agree. -Mike
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