Documenting 'make config' options

[Dan Daley]

Thanks.  I'll check this script out.




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From: Oliver Fromme <olli at lurza.secnetix.de>
To: freebsd-stable at FreeBSD.ORG; Dan Daley <dddaley at yahoo.com>; Charles Sprickman 
<spork at bway.net>; Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com>; Vincent Hoffman 
<vince at unsane.co.uk>
Sent: Fri, June 8, 2012 2:47:37 AM
Subject: Re: Documenting 'make config' options

Dan Daley <dddaley at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I usually use portmaster to install ports. The options dialogs that pop 
> up are often for dependencies. The options dialog gives the name of the 
> port for which the options are being selected, but no description or 
> indication as to why this is being installed (this could be a dependency 
> of a dependency of some dependency of the port I am installing). It's 
> probably too much for this dialog to show why this port is being 
> installed (what other port required this port that is being installed), 
> but a description of what this current port is would be helpful.
> 
> But, if possible, some breadcrumb across the top showing the 
> dependencies which prompted this install would be great:
> 
> Port A --> Port B --> Port C --> Current Port for which options are 
> being chosen

You might want to have a look at my "portup" script.  It can
be used to install ports, and the -w option causes it to use
a split-screen display:  The bottom 80% contain the usual
output from "make", and the top 20% show the progress of the
build, including information about dependencies.  This might
be exactly the "breadcrumb across the top" that you requested.

You can download the current version from here:

http://www.secnetix.de/olli/scripts/portup

For FreeBSD >= 8.x, the -w option requires the "window" port
to be installed (from /usr/ports/misc/window) which was removed
from the base system in FreeBSD 8.x.

Usage for installing ports is simple:

# cd /usr/ports/category/foo
# portup -wy .

Best regards
   Oliver

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