Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:31:06 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> Cc: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: Automated Port Rebuilding (was Re: using "dialog" in ports is for bitches) Message-ID: <20020822073106.GA65851@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20020821204547.A58C7477@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> References: <86k7mmo03y.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20020821204547.A58C7477@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed 2002-08-21 (16:45), Andy Sparrow wrote:
> AFAIK, the two mechanisms (if there's more, please let me know) are as
> follows:
>
> i) Frobbing stuff into /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf
>
> ii) Frobbing stuff into ${PORT}/Makefile.local
>
> I happen to prefer the latter approach, as I'd generally prefer that
> port options not be global, e.g. I might prefer to build some ports
> with, and some without, the same options.
I'm rather partial to penv (/usr/ports/sysutils/penv). It's also
probably the easiest way to store long-term customisations, and has a
really easy API for updating (ie, in a graphical ports customisor,
something I'd be interested to see/rewrite).
Neil
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