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<dt>Revision</dt> <dd><a href="https://trac.macports.org/changeset/134969">134969</a></dd>
<dt>Author</dt> <dd>cal@macports.org</dd>
<dt>Date</dt> <dd>2015-04-12 12:06:41 -0700 (Sun, 12 Apr 2015)</dd>
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<pre>base: document port variants, #44530</pre>
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</span><ins>+// vim: set et sw=4 ts=8 ft=asciidoc tw=80:
+port-variants(1)
+================
+$Id$
+
+NAME
+----
+port-variants - Print a list of variants with descriptions provided by a port
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[cmdsynopsis]
+*port* [*-qvd*] [*-D* 'portdir'] *variants* [--index]
+ [['portname' | 'pseudo-portname' | 'port-expressions' | 'port-url']]
+ [+/-variant ...]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+*port variants* prints a list of variants provided by the port(s) given on the
+command line. Variants allow users to select certain features when installing
+a certain port. For example, the +gtk3+ port provides two conflicting variants
+'+quartz' and '+x11' that select whether Gtk uses the X11 backend (which
+requires an X server) or the OS X-native Quartz backend (which attempts to
+provide a more native OS X look and feel). In addition, many ports feature an
+'+universal' variant that enables building of universal (i.e. multi-arch)
+binaries.
+
+*port variants* lists all variants by name and (if available) description. If
+variants depend on or conflict with other variants, this information is printed
+as a bulleted list for each variant.
+
+The output of *port variants* contains '[\+]' before a variant name, if the port
+declares this variant as default. '(\+)' or '(-)' in the same spot mark variants
+enabled or disabled by your man:variants.conf[5]. Last, a single '+' or '-'
+marks variants explicitly enabled or disabled on the command line by appending
+'+variantname' or '-variantname'.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+*--index*::
+ Do not read the 'Portfile', but rely solely on the port index information.
+ Note that this will limit the output to the variant names only. No
+ descriptions, dependencies or conflicts between variants will be reported.
+
+include::global-flags.txt[]
+
+*-q*::
+ Do not print the header line.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+The output of *port variants* provides all available information on a port's
+variants. The +gtk3+ port can serve as a good example:
+----
+$> port variants gtk3 -universal
+gtk3 has the variants:
+(+)quartz: Support for native Mac OS X graphics
+ * conflicts with x11
+ -universal: Build for multiple architectures
+[+]x11: Enable X11 support
+ * conflicts with quartz
+----
+In this case, '(\+)' means that we have chosen '\+quartz' as a default variant in
+our man:variants.conf[5]. Additionally, we have explicitly disabled the
+universal variant on the command line, as indicated by its leading '-' symbol.
+Finally, the port maintainer has chosen '\+x11' as the default, indicated by
+'[+]'. Furthermore, the 'quartz' and 'x11' variants conflict with each other.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+man:port[1]
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+ (C) 2015 The MacPorts Project
+ Clemens Lang <cal@macports.org>
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