Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:23:03 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: martinko <gamato@pobox.sk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, ale@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: priority of make/ports options (?) -- FreeBSD Port: sysutils/portconf Message-ID: <45392217.9070006@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4538884A.5080303@pobox.sk> References: <4538884A.5080303@pobox.sk>
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martinko wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using portconf to set ports' knobs. Also I'm setting some general
> knobs via make.conf.
>
> Now I've run into this situation:
> - i've got WITH_GECKO=seamonkey in /etc/make.conf
> - yelp from new gnome 2.16 does not build with knob above. therefore in
> /usr/local/etc/ports.conf i set:
> x11/yelp: WITH_MAN | WITH_INFO | USE_GECKO=xulrunner
> Unfortunately it does not work as I intended -- when I `portinstall
> gnome2-lite` it tries to build yelp WITH_GECKO=seamonkey. :-/
>
> How can I solve this pls ??
> How can I specify a general knob and then override it for some ports ?
Don't set global knobs in make.conf. Set them in ports.conf like this:
*: WITH_GECKO=seamonkey
x11/yelp: WITH_MAN | WITH_INFO | USE_GECKO=xulrunner
That should give you the precedence that you need.
hth,
Doug
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