Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:19:24 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating port with options Message-ID: <20050411211923.GA9149@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050411175526.54ffd260@ale.varnet.bsd> References: <20050411175526.54ffd260@ale.varnet.bsd>
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--CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:55:26PM -0300, Alejandro Pulver wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I am creating a port of the Core War system pMARS (the existent port is > version 0.8, lastest is 0.9.2), and I will allow the user to choose the > GUI and features. I have some questions: >=20 > How can I "document" the options for the user? >=20 > So that typing "make" will not do anything unless it has the required > options (or it will use the defaults but first shows the available > options). Will be possible for the user to store the configuration > somwehere? Wich is the best way to show the user the options (before > the building process)? >=20 > P.S.: how do ports show the sysinstall-like dialog to choose options? With the OPTIONS variable; please see the porters' handbook and bsd.port.mk. Kris --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCWunbWry0BWjoQKURAiQqAKD+FMmUHc4s33oDkxm1X7JjlZ1YwwCfULhk GwDCgif7S+ASFyHqA/ylyAQ= =vT4B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--
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