Documenting 'make config' options

[Doug Barton]

On 06/09/2012 17:54, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jun 2012, Doug Barton wrote:
> 
>> On 06/06/2012 22:27, Dave Hayes wrote:
>>> Personally, a 'pkg-options-descr' text file would suit me just fine.
>>
>> For those on -ports, the context is, "How do we provide more information
>> about what the various options mean?" This idea seems reasonable to me,
>> what do others think?
> 
> The user needs to know what the options mean when they appear, and
> having to go look them up in another file is just another hassle.
> Difficult to do in some situations, too.  Better to show them when the
> user scrolls to that option.  Here's what I suggested in -stable:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2012-June/068187.html
> 
> No new files, only one copy of the descriptions so they don't get out of
> sync.

That's a nice idea, how do you make it work with dialog?


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