On 2013-11-25 08:04, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 25.11.2013 07:53, schrieb olli hauer: >> On 2013-11-25 07:40, Matthias Andree wrote: >>> Am 23.11.2013 12:20, schrieb Mark Martinec: >>>> On Friday 22 November 2013 21:40:07 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >>>>> Now, one last little thing... >>>>> >>>>> The note in the UPDATING file dated 20131120 gives essentially the same >>>>> instructions as the one dated 20131023, *however* it also contains this: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Change the option in lang/perl5.16: >>>>> make -C /usr/ports/lang/perl5.16 config >>>>> >>>>> HUH?? I don't understand this at all. What exactly is "the option" that >>>>> we are changing here? And what does it matter to anything? >>>>> >>>>> It would be Nice if this were entierly less opaque. >>>> >>>> $ man ports >>>> [...] >>>> config Configure OPTIONS for this port using dialog4ports(1). >>>> >>>>> And what does it matter to anything? >>>> >>>> Gives you a choice to re-think your existing/chosen port options. >>>> For example, a new default is now THREADS, but you may not like >>>> it, as it somewhat increases the memory usage and requires >>>> to rebuild all perl modules. >>> >>> Which shows an interesting facet of this whole tedious process: >>> >>> We're doing a lousy job of explaining the options to unsavvy users, and >>> we're also doing a lousy job of tracking options. Perhaps we should >>> just slash down the options and go more for "build the default" - it >>> also reduces testing complexity and would give for a more uniform ports >>> experience for everyone (packages use default options anyways). > >> >> ${opt}_DESC is limited, but help/explanation can be given in pkg-help. > > Granted, but last time I checked I did not have a "Help" button on > dialog4ports. Either none of the ports I've seen offering options offer > pkg-help, or dialog4ports needs to be told to feed pkg-help through $PAGER.
Only if the file pkg-help exists a hint will be displayed on the bottom if you call `make config'. make config -C www/apache24 "Detailed help is available hit F1 or ^E to view it" F1 will terminate the config dialog if called by a putty ssh session but ^E has always worked for me. -- olli _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"