[MacPorts] #34467: configure enscript

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#34467: configure enscript
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  Reporter:  darrell@…            |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
      Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal               |   Milestone:                                       
 Component:  ports                |     Version:  2.1.0                                
Resolution:  invalid              |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:  enscript             |  
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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
 }}}

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 feature requests.

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