Parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote martinko thusly... >> Norberto Meijome wrote: >>> Hans Nieser wrote: >>> >>>> FreeBSD Prospect wrote: > ... >>>> What I am especially fond of in portage is the USE-flags and the >>>> way you can specify then globally and individually for each >>>> package and how you can get a nice, short overview of which >>>> USE-flags a package uses and which of them are enabled with >>>> "emerge -pv port". > ... >> there are global USE-flags in FreeBSD too and you also can >> configure ports individually, but i'd agree that Gentoo way is >> more transparent. > > Those USE_* flags are for port creators/maintainers not > users/installers; user use of, well, USE_* flags may get you in a > trouble. OTOH, WITH_* & WITHOUT_* flags lie in user domain. > > - Parv >
interesting. Is there anywhere one can read about these things, ie, about where and how USE_* are used/ defined, WITH_, etc. ... and how to compile a list of available (USE|WITH)_* and their meaning (grep -r USE|WITH /usr/ports/*/*/Makefile ?? )... so far i've been using the @freebsd.org lists to do this, but it's rather unreliable and unsystematic B _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"