make KNOBS

[Yuri Pankov]

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 :-)

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


Yuri