From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 13 05:51:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7BE716A401 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 05:51:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beech@alaskaparadise.com) Received: from pinnacle.akherb.com (60-105-237-24.gci.net [24.237.105.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 371EF43D45 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 05:51:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from beech@alaskaparadise.com) Received: by pinnacle.akherb.com (Postfix, from userid 1007) id D37CC5DD4; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:43 -0800 (AKDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on pinnacle.akherb.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from [192.168.241.106] (7-137-58-66.gci.net [66.58.137.7]) by pinnacle.akherb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9A0A5DA1; Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:42 -0800 (AKDT) From: Beech Rintoul Organization: Alaska Paradise To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:26 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060513044500.GB10746@soaustin.net> <3964C43E-9FC9-4F2A-B025-5909AB8FC4D0@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <3964C43E-9FC9-4F2A-B025-5909AB8FC4D0@lafn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200605122151.40926.beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: Doug Hardie Subject: Re: qpopper 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, 13 May 2006 05:51:44 -0000 --nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 12 May 2006 21:14, Doug Hardie wrote: > On May 12, 2006, at 21:45, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:41:08PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: > >>> If you feel you could take responsibility for the port, then feel > >>> free > >>> to submit a patch and offer to maintain it. In this case, you'll > >>> want to have a read of the Porter's Handbook first (easily found on > >>> Google). > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ > > index.html > > > > Also see "Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection": > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing- > > ports/index.html > > > >> Is this the right place to ask about the porting process? > > > > Yes. > > Thanks. The Contributing doc is very interesting. The qpopper port > throws up a window at the start of make that gives you options that > become options to configure. How is that done? The latest versions > of qpopper include a new option that is not currently provided. I > will need to add that new option. In the makefile you do something like this: OPTIONS=3D NEW_OPTION "Build with New Option" off \ Then put the statement below that section: =2Eif defined(WITH_NEW_OPTION) CONFIGURE_ARGS+=3D --new-option =2Eendif You should also build the porttools (in the ports). And be sure to check yo= ur=20 files with portlint -A from the port directory. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEZXPsp5D0B1NlT4URAru3AJ9yRQFyM4SZ2VV7bbSZWu5vtrQ+AgCeP0lT SobJCujhmLa8tHCvKypdygc= =r1Ls -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ--