#34467: configure enscript ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: darrell@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.0 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Port: enscript | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@…): * status: new => closed * cc: ryandesign@… (added) * resolution: => invalid * type: request => enhancement * port: => enscript Old description:

I want to configure enscript. I believe I need to pass it this command arg:

--with-media=Letter

But try as I might, and I looked at the guide, I cannot figure out how to pass it to the port command. There is "port configure" but its documentation is pretty lacking:

sh-3.2# port help configure Usage: configure

Configure the given ports

So it's really a generic question: How do I get to the configure part of a port? A4 paper is not at all helpful for me, and there's other little irritations as well.

New description: I want to configure enscript. I believe I need to pass it this command arg: {{{ --with-media=Letter }}} But try as I might, and I looked at the guide, I cannot figure out how to pass it to the port command. There is "port configure" but its documentation is pretty lacking: {{{ sh-3.2# port help configure Usage: configure Configure the given ports }}} So it's really a generic question: How do I get to the configure part of a port? A4 paper is not at all helpful for me, and there's other little irritations as well. -- Comment: You don't manually run the configure script or supply configure arguments. MacPorts does so for you automatically, as defined in the Portfile, which was set up by someone with an understanding of the software in question, using a set of configuration values that make sense for most users. You can examine the Portfile yourself using: {{{ port cat enscript }}} You can see that `--with-media=Letter` is in the default configure arguments that the Portfile will supply. So a simple {{{ sudo port install enscript }}} will do what you want. Had you wanted A4 instead of Letter, you might have taken a look at the variants: {{{ $ port variants enscript enscript has the variants: mediaA4: use A4 universal: Build for multiple architectures }}} If you have further questions about how to use MacPorts, please write to the macports-users mailing list. The issue tracker is for bug reports and feature requests. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34467#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS