OPTIONS usage in lang/python

Florent Thoumie flz at xbsd.org
Thu Dec 2 06:26:32 PST 2004


Chuck Robey wrote:

> 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.

	Sorry, I understood you wanted too deactivate the option, since that
	option is enabled by default. Look at the OPTIONS line, there's a "on"
	at the end to the THREADS option line.

	To disable threads use, you would use :

	# WITHOUT_THREADS=yes make all install

	Hope that's clearer.

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Florent Thoumie
flz at xbsd.org


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