Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:53:32 -0500 From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@panix.com> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports vs. Gentoo Portage (a matter of concept) Message-ID: <20060208035332.GA16285@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <43E93587.2090200@meijome.net> References: <200602071149.31772.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> <43E88C64.40007@xs4all.nl> <43E8A7B3.3090707@meijome.net> <dsav13$99q$1@sea.gmane.org> <20060207221026.GC2946@holestein.holy.cow> <43E93587.2090200@meijome.net>
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:04:23AM +1100, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > interesting. Is there anywhere one can read about these things, ie, > about where and how USE_* are used/ defined, WITH_, etc. ... and how to > compile a list of available (USE|WITH)_* and their meaning (grep -r > USE|WITH /usr/ports/*/*/Makefile ?? )... so far i've been using the > @freebsd.org lists to do this, but it's rather unreliable and unsystematic Start with /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and if you're ears aren't bleeding, work out from there. That defines (nearly) all the USE_ and WANT_. WITH_ and WITHOUT_ are port specific, though there are some that are used in multiple places. Those are defined by an OPTIONS directive in the individual port makefile like this: OPTIONS= FOO "Description of foo" off \ BAR "Descprtion of bar" on Where FOO or BAR is the option name, then a description, then a default state. David
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