OPTIONS usage in lang/python

[Chuck Robey]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Florent Thoumie wrote:

> Chuck Robey wrote:
>
> > I need to get some action out of what seems to be a really new feature of
> > ports, the OPTIONS keyword.  In the latest version of the lang/python
> > port, I need to get some of the options activated, but I'm not certain of
> > the ssyntax, so I can't tell if I've invoked it.
> >
> > Can I ask, if one of the options is named "THREADS", then how do I go
> > about activating that option?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> 	Scroll down and you'll find the WITHOUT_THREADS knob. Just set this
> 	variable to something.


Well, let's try answering my question --- does that mean, to activate it,
you would use something like WITH_THREADS=YES ?? I tried turning on
everything in the OPTIONS list that way, and then grepping the listing for
the words, but they didn't show up, so I was worried that I had misused
it.

I want to determine the syntax for the OPTIONS keywords, both to turn them
on and turn them off.

Hmm, that first sentence reads a little miffed ... sorry, I always react
that way, when folks write up docs by igivng an example  instead of giving
the real data.  It never fails to tick me off, just my hot button.

>
>

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