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). I would even go that far to propose killing some common options such as NLS DOCS EXAMPLES and replace them by a "make globcalconfig" that sets them system-wide through make.conf, so that we don't need to set/reset them each and every time a port changes options, nor even offer them. _______________________________________________ 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"
