From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 2 21:50:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A70416A4DD for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:50:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 105EE43D39 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:50:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i82LoLU4098298 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:50:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i82LoLgX098297; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:50:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:50:21 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200409022150.i82LoLgX098297@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Colin Henein Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03EA616A4CF for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:44:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9CB143D3F for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:44:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i82LicOA036481 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:44:38 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i82LicPZ036457; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:44:38 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200409022144.i82LicPZ036457@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:44:38 GMT From: Colin Henein To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: ports/71314: Impossible to know which WITH_* variables are available for a port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:50:22 -0000 >Number: 71314 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Impossible to know which WITH_* variables are available for a port >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 02 21:50:21 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Colin Henein >Release: 4.10 >Organization: Parliant Corp. >Environment: FreeBSD silk-new.parliant.com 4.10-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE #0: Tue May 25 22:47:12 GMT 2004 root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Many ports offer compile-time variations based on things like ENABLE_SUIDPERL etc. Generally you only find out you needed one of these once you've installed the software and it doesn't work, or when compilation fails. This is very frustrating. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install some ports that you've never used before >Fix: The standards for porters should be changed to require an "INFO" file, or "make info" or something standard that gives some guidance about how to build the port using the right options depending on what you want. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: