Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 17:28:53 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net>, obrien@freebsd.org, corecode@corecode.ath.cx Subject: Re: Ports: mutt with curses instead of slang? Message-ID: <20020804072853.GJ2733@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20020804061655.GM1973@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20020724175641.GA16725@0lsen.net> <20020725162811.GD96372@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020730214952.GA38950@0lsen.net> <20020804061655.GM1973@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 11:16:55PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 02:49:52PM -0700, Clint Olsen wrote: > > On Jul 25, David O'Brien wrote: > > > > > > Slang should be used when built by the FreeBSD Package cluster. I much > > > prefer slang over ncurses -- I don't remember the battle I lost such that > > > ncurses is the default. Just build with `make WANT_SLANG=yes' > > > > Can you tell me where this WANT_SLANG is documented? This is one part > > about BSD that I don't like - the intricate build stuff... > > No where really. I don't know how to nicely document the various port > building knobs other than having someone read the port makefile. Maybe > we need to add a new make target that prints out all the knobs and a > one-line description? Sound like a job for pkg-opts as described in the thread "Proposed new 'options' target" a couple of weeks ago. See for example http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=443560+0+archive/2002/freebsd-ports/20020728.freebsd-ports Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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