make KNOBS

[Ruslan Ermilov]

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.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
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