Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 00:09:09 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: qpopper Message-ID: <C509CD5D-B27E-4276-8F6F-71F4E30E679B@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <200605122151.40926.beech@alaskaparadise.com> References: <B6A18E1A-CA88-45FC-8A6C-D2324973324F@lafn.org> <20060513044500.GB10746@soaustin.net> <3964C43E-9FC9-4F2A-B025-5909AB8FC4D0@lafn.org> <200605122151.40926.beech@alaskaparadise.com>
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On May 12, 2006, at 22:51, Beech Rintoul wrote: > 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= NEW_OPTION "Build with New Option" off \ > > Then put the statement below that section: > > .if defined(WITH_NEW_OPTION) > CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --new-option > .endif > > You should also build the porttools (in the ports). And be sure to > check your > files with portlint -A from the port directory. thanks. I'm off to give it a try.
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