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Subject: Re: How to define variables when using portupgrade
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On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 06:59, Adam wrote:
> When compiling a port for the first time, you can define variables for
> the Makefile easily:
> make -DWITH_GMP install clean
> 
> However, I'm not sure how to define the same variable when using
> portupgrade. Is it possible? I am currently manually deinstalling and
> recompiling ports whenever I need to customize the compile process.
> 
> Is there a better way?

E.g.:
  portupgrade -m '-DWITH_APACHE2' mod_php4

Or - as the others proposed - write those defines to
$PREFIX/etc/pkgtools.conf.

-Alex