From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 14 12:07:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F951065670 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:07:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40B78FC14 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:07:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iagz16 with SMTP id z16so1453817iag.13 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:07:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z9TkOdj2I6vTKiTiSh9XCYTZgb2tGpSuHbWyjKRUm/c=; b=ratK9ir5caR59Gpsxudx9VDq6dEfrwMHrOe0IQzBQ4p2tIr9de7Nrh1tuxUUTM5yPF /3EaYgPIGOUNEhe8uFf21D6LtYVp4iSNsQJmgGDMPf4BsqpIC/bswUwCukukmX09B01s Wga4uYN3qXHCNPFOBZoGFzGEj2xEgPGrL7rx4= Received: by 10.42.142.129 with SMTP id s1mr3695086icu.42.1326542840329; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:07:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.207.7 with HTTP; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:06:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F116A10.5020709@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4F0446B7.4090703@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120104142757.1c77c347@ernst.jennejohn.org> <4F04E648.9090206@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120105121825.656677e4@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20120106221610.00005fbe@unknown> <20120108160316.00003d59@unknown> <4F0A8164.9090502@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120110221115.00007dc1@unknown> <4F0CDB5B.9030402@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F0DB794.7000600@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4F0E8145.30203@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F0E91A0.7000909@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4F0ED159.2060307@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F0F55E9.7070806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F1044DF.5000508@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F108BA9.3040508@passap.ru> <4F116A10.5020709@herveybayaustralia.com.au> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:06:49 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: exQXe91uaYClOC_S2j3zKuZ1c_A Message-ID: To: Da Rock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Boris Samorodov , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SUBMITTED] linux-f10-nss_ldap: my first port - be gentle :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:07:21 -0000 On 14 January 2012 11:42, Da Rock wrote: > On 01/14/12 05:53, Boris Samorodov wrote: >> >> 13.01.2012 18:51, Da Rock =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: >> >> >>> Once submitted do the committers offer any advice on improvements? >> >> Yep, it happens from sometime. >> > Ok. I've submitted; but I have a problem viewing it on the pr web page. > According to my mail system it has gone through hours ago. Is the system > manual or automatic? > > One other thing: this process of porting (Makefiles and such) are these > standard commands, functions, formatting for make? Or is it solely FreeBS= D > specific? Aside from policies and such of course... > > This is the first time I've used Makefiles to any such depth you see, so = I'm > curious to know where make stuff ends and the Freebsd tweaks begin. I kno= w I > have to read the mk files more thoroughly, but not even all the "quirks" = in > there would be completely FreeBSD in origin. So I suppose I'm asking how = to > tell the difference between the two. We do have our own make (pmake), which is about as different as you can get from gmake (GNU make). You're better off finding a tutorial on how to write a Makefile; the way ports ones are written doesn't give a good understanding on how they normally work. Chris Chris