Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:20:13 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: abi <abi@abinet.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What exactly are slave ports? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uvee6rnfWuMqUhr91ciBeosv%2BDiunSgBXv_BbPtLiPSA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <57D99EF0.5040202@abinet.ru> References: <57D99EF0.5040202@abinet.ru>
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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:03 PM, abi <abi@abinet.ru> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to add to existing port another one for the same program, but with > different git branch and (possibly) with slightly different dependencies. > Is this a good case for slave port ? > Slave ports are not documented in porter handbook and I'm not sure how > they work and when used. > > Thanks. > A slave port is a minor modification of the port to support different functions. E.g. security/ssh-guard has slightly different builds, all from a common source. One for each of the commonly used firewalls; ipfw, pf, null. If the sources are different, a slave is not appropriate. Examples are the various versions of postfix and clang. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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