Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 10:10:23 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: "Chad J. Milios" <milios@ccsys.com> Cc: thierry@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Listing of all available options in ports tree for use in make.conf /ports.conf (WITHOUT_ , WITH_ as well as OPTIONS_SET /UNSET) Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ45ACYnaByYxxrGoyqTOeS7_EDV6MwoH98-GtDe-F3Yug@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5316139F.2060705@ccsys.com> References: <1393935015572-5891423.post@n5.nabble.com> <CACdU%2Bf8z_xzRJZ2V42Cemv_WgAvFhex5apkoLfrZ_-rov20EOw@mail.gmail.com> <1393941951560-5891452.post@n5.nabble.com> <20140304144036.GA55200@graf.pompo.net> <5316139F.2060705@ccsys.com>
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Chad J. Milios <milios@ccsys.com> wrote: > On 3/4/2014 9:40 AM, Thierry Thomas wrote: > >> Le mar 4 mar 14 =C3=A0 15:05:51 +0100, Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.= pl> >> =C3=A9crivait : >> >>> Thanks for reply! >>> >>> IMHO, port knobs really should be centrally tracked/standardized. >>> When one would like to set some options globally, it gets really >>> ugly really fast e.g. >>> >> It used to be in /usr/ports/KNOBS but it was removed some days ago. >> Anyway, it's still available in svn, and most of the knobs are described >> in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk . >> > from within a port's directory, > > make showconfig > > will show you the current options set and > > make __MAKE_CONF=3D/dev/null PORT_DBDIR=3D/var/empty showconfig > > will show you the defaults. > > Hope this is helpful to you > If those two commands aren't in the Handbook (I'm pretty sure the first one is), then they should be considered for inclusion.=E2=80=8B=E2=80=8B Or, m= aybe in the Porter's Handbook? Or maybe ports(7)? I can see the second command being very useful, especially during this transitional stage where people will be migrating/recreating their make.conf files. Something I could have used awhile back, before I just moved to using the binary package repos from PC-BSD. --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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