From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 03:56:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CD9106564A for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: from ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8384B8FC19 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 31143 invoked by uid 89); 17 Dec 2008 04:06:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?IPv6:2607:f118::5?) (steve@ibctech.ca@2607:f118::5) by 2607:f118::b6 with ESMTPA; 17 Dec 2008 04:06:29 -0000 Message-ID: <4948786A.9070508@ibctech.ca> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:56:26 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <49485322.4010401@ibctech.ca> <49485594.3050709@net24.co.nz> <494856EB.5000608@ibctech.ca> <1889F6A8DE3863AB25C59556@Macintosh-2.local> In-Reply-To: <1889F6A8DE3863AB25C59556@Macintosh-2.local> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lang/php5 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:56:32 -0000 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On December 16, 2008 7:33:31 PM -0600 Steve Bertrand > wrote: >> >> One of the reasons I've had to edit Makefile manually was because a >> client needed JPEG support. >> >> At the time, `make config' didn't provide that option. >> > > You should *never* need to edit a Makefile in a port. (Well, extremely > rarely.) Usually the options are provided. Optionally you can add them > on the commandline like this: > make -dwith_enable-foo -dwith_disable-bar. These are the questions that I never would ask, as for years, I always installed from source, never ports. > If you don't find something you're expecting in a port, and you can't > get an answer on this list, email the port maintainer, whose email > address will always be in the port's Makefile. I'm glad there are people who still answer 3rd party software questions here. Normally, I'd just hack about until it worked. It's great to know there is such wide-spread support here. Hopefully, new questions will always be asked, and there will always be those dedicated people who are always lying low, reading, ready to provide a response in their field... (seriously) Steve