Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:46:42 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding options for ports Message-ID: <20041115184642.337300c8@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <200411151324.09969.ringworm@inbox.lv> References: <Pine.BSI.4.58L.0411151215270.18509@vp4.netgate.net> <200411151324.09969.ringworm@inbox.lv>
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:24:09 -0800, "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv> 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 > > To find "WITH" type options I just do the following: > > cat Makefile | grep WITH > > Hope this helps some... > > > -Mike This is a useless use of "cat". You could accomplish the same thing with: grep WITH Makefile -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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