Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:40:15 +0100 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Subject: Re: How to descend into the extract to build in a subdir Message-ID: <50B5252F.4090102@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B522159C9F77F81D968E64D@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> References: <4B522159C9F77F81D968E64D@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu>
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On 2012-11-27 21:24, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> I'm working on a port that requires a separate ./configure and ./make to build libraries before you build the main source. How is this done in ports?
>
> I figure you have to do something in pre-build:, but I'm not sure exactly what.
> (cd ${WRKSRC}/subdir && ${MAKE}) causes make to fail entirely. I'm having trouble finding a comparable example in ports and there doesn't seem to be anything about it in the porters handbook (that I have found.)
>
Hi Paul,
you can overwrite also the whole build part with a do-build: target
For example the devel/apr1 port has to build apr before apr-util.
Maybe you can show your current Makefile
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Regards,
olli
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