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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | waftools/features.py | 6 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ you think you have support for some feature installed but configure fails to detect it, the file `build/config.log` may contain information about the reasons for the failure. +NOTE: To avoid cluttering the output with unreadable spam, `--help` only shows +one of the two switches for each option. If the option is autodetected by +default, the `--disable-***` switch is printed; if the option is disabled by +default, the `--enable-***` switch is printed. Either way, you can use +`--enable-***` or `--disable-**` regardless of what is printed by `--help`. + To build the software you can use `./waf build`: the result of the compilation will be located in `build/mpv`. You can use `./waf install` to install mpv to the *prefix* after it is compiled. diff --git a/waftools/features.py b/waftools/features.py index 1385d41dbf..d038392a82 100644 --- a/waftools/features.py +++ b/waftools/features.py @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ from waflib.Options import OptionsContext +import optparse class Feature(object): def __init__(self, group, feature): @@ -43,8 +44,11 @@ class Feature(object): return "--{0}-{1}".format(state, self.identifier) def help(self, state): + default = self.behaviour() + if (default, state) == ("autodetect", "enable") or default == state: + return optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP return "{0} {1} [{2}]" \ - .format(state, self.attributes['desc'], self.behaviour()) + .format(state, self.attributes['desc'], default) def storage(self): return "enable_{0}".format(self.identifier) |