Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:35:23 -0800 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make KNOBS Message-ID: <20080225233523.acl5s1lo8wgsw4wg@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru> References: <20080225215522.r3jb5v548o0scks8@webmail.1command.com> <20080226070516.GB32690@team.vega.ru>
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Hello, and thank you for your reply. Quoting Ruslan Ermilov <ru@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 > > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov > ru@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD committer > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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