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Date:      Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:26:29 +0200
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
To:        Ross <basarevych@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Building packages without installing them?
Message-ID:  <49C35335.4070405@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <65e9c8190903192348o342e7422j5a3930149bbb9a34@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <65e9c8190903192348o342e7422j5a3930149bbb9a34@mail.gmail.com>

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Ross wrote:
> I want to use my home server to build Xorg and KDE packages for a
> desktop. man ports says make package will install the port. I don't
> need Xorg on the server and I would like to tweak make.conf to build
> for a different architecture. Is there a way to do this?
>   

Use ports-mgmt/tinderbox. Very powerful and relatively easy to use.

You will have to follow the instructions here:

http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/README.html





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