Bug 222388

Summary: [feature request] make config dialog should mark options which pull (run) dependencies
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: jakub_lach
Component: Ports FrameworkAssignee: Port Management Team <portmgr>
Status: Closed Overcome By Events    
Severity: Affects Only Me CC: ports-bugs, tcberner
Priority: ---    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description jakub_lach 2017-09-17 11:13:16 UTC
It would save you reading Makefile each time you are not sure what some option really wants to do. Ideally, it would point to a port name/it's pkg-descr or at least marking by colour/'*'.

Filling a PR so it would not get lost.
Comment 1 jakub_lach 2017-09-17 16:14:33 UTC
Permanently tagged default options would be nice too (as in ml thread with Kevin Oberman). It would help with those 'why I can't do/compile X while using non-standard OPTIONS and having already forgotten about it'. I think it clearly looks like a dialog4ports feature request now.
Comment 2 Mathieu Arnold freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2017-09-18 11:50:47 UTC
There is already a mechanism in place to describe what options do in more detail, it is to put the explanations in a file called pkg-help.

See make -c /usr/ports/dns/bind9-devel config 

It tells you to type <F1> or ^E to see more information.
Comment 3 jakub_lach 2017-09-18 12:36:11 UTC
(In reply to Mathieu Arnold from comment #2)

Thanks, I've missed that, still, in my case I'm primarily concerned if an option pulls in another dependency or not, I think that's pretty basic stuff. Similarly, if it's a default or not. e.g. we now have '+' for previously unset ones, '*' could mark the ones pulling the other stuff and 'd' the default ones. It could look messy though, so there is a better way to do it probably.
Comment 4 Tobias C. Berner freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-09-07 15:21:55 UTC
Moin moin 

Closing this, due to old age. Please re-open the issue, if it is still relevant.


mfg Tobias
Comment 5 jakub_lach 2022-09-07 18:26:49 UTC
(In reply to Tobias C. Berner from comment #4)

Marking options in make config dialog which pull additional dependencies would still be nice to have.