Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:09:07 -0400 From: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Serge Gagnon <serge.gagnon@b2b2c.ca> Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <44632963.7020202@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <20060511105834.M94745@FreeBSD.org> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <20060508212441.GB767@picobyte.net> <e3tcpq$fc1$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060510190606.GH44733@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <e3to04$o4n$1@sea.gmane.org> <0IZ200LU6MUTD391@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> <44631677.7040409@vonostingroup.com> <20060511105834.M94745@FreeBSD.org>
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Pav Lucistnik wrote: > On Thu, 11 May 2006 06:48:23 -0400, Frank Laszlo wrote > >> Serge Gagnon wrote: >> > > >>> If you're talking about message that the port is saying about KNOB, try >>> grep ECHO Makefile and if you're talking about message while the port is >>> installing stuff, try cat pkg-message before installing this port ;-) >>> >>> >> As I said before, a simple method to fix this problem would be to >> extend the way OPTIONS works, where we create a new target to list >> possibly options for the port, and require maintainers to keep it up >> to date. i.e. >> >> # make options >> ===> Options for foo/bar. >> WITH_BAR Build port with support for bar >> WITH_FOO blah >> WITH_A blah blah... >> >> This would be fairly simple to implement using the current way >> OPTIONS are handled, I'll add this to my list of todo items. >> > > We already have this. Tried make showconfig? > This only shows currently configured options and depends on the existence of _OPTIONSFILE. I would like to see a target that shows user configurable options BEFORE they are built/configured. __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584
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