make KNOBS

[Chris H.]

Hello, and thank you for your reply.
Quoting Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov at gmail.com>:

> On 02/26/2008 10:35, Chris H. wrote:
>> Hello, and thank you for your reply.
>>
>> Quoting Ruslan Ermilov <ru at freebsd.org>:
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:55:22PM -0800, Chris H. wrote:
>>>> Hello All,
>>>> Maintaining a make.conf file can be a fairly daunting task within
>>>> itself. But when upgrading, it becomes even more laborious. Peeking
>>>> into the port Makefile to discover any /new/, or /changed/ knobs is
>>>> standard fare. But it's not always obvious exactly /what/ the
>>>> WITH_<this>, or WITHOUT_<that> actually provides.
>>>> To the point:
>>>> Is there, or does anyone maintain a KNOBS list possibly categorized
>>>> by application/port/version, etc...?
>>>>
>>>> If not, are there any resources that might help me facilitate one
>>>> online for myself and others to refer to?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for all your time and consideration.
>>>>
>>> For src/, there is an src.conf(5) manpage that documents
>>> supported WITH_*/WITHOUT_* knobs.  For ports/, I'm not
>>> aware of such a list.
>>
>> Indeed. I was aware of, and make much use of it. But am struggling
>> with finding the port(s) equivalent. If there isn't one, I'd be
>> more that happy to dedicate a domain/ web site solely to providing
>> this resource. Perhaps a wiki that I, and anyone else can add the
>> WITH_/WITHOUT_ options, along with descriptions of exactly /what/
>> they provide. Seems like a /real/ valuable, and /needed/ resource.
>>
>> Thanks again for your response.
>>
>> --Chris H
>
> There's /usr/ports/KNOBS file, which lists some of most used KNOBS, 
> but, sadly enough, every other port maintainer tries to invent his 
> own knob names :-)

Indeed - /sadly/, so it seems. :)

--Chris H

>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -- 
>>> Ruslan Ermilov
>>> ru at FreeBSD.org
>>> FreeBSD committer
>
>
> Yuri
>



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