Info about port variants

[Rainer Müller]

Kendall Shaw wrote:
> I think it would be nice if there was more than a token describing port 
> variants. For example, when I see the "server" variant of mysql5, I 
> don't know if that means some sort of bare-bones version, or if it means 
> that it's configured to start automatically. I gather it's the later, 
> but it would be nice to have it stated explicitly what it does.

Usually, look at 'port variants $portname'. In case of mysql5, there is 
no variant description for +server, so you would have to look at the 
Portfile itself (in various ways, 'port (cat|file|edit) $portname') to 
find out more.

Rainer