From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 15 11:12:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 11:12:30 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7097137B402 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:12:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBFJCNF19846; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:12:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:12:23 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: dG Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using the ports collection. Message-ID: <20001215111222.U19572@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <007001c066d2$91441f60$c12926a6@wcomnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <007001c066d2$91441f60$c12926a6@wcomnet.com>; from taveren@bigfoot.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 02:06:52PM -0600 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * dG [001215 11:11] wrote: > Hi, > > I have a quick question about using the Ports. When installing a port, > there are times when I would like to have the port install with > configuration options other than the defaults. So far I have not been able > to figure out the process for this and have resorted to installing via the > tarball a couple of times. I would much prefer to install via the ports for > various reasons and would appreciate any help. > > I hope it is not something as simple as running ./configure from w/in the > work directory of the port. Making modifications to the Makefile did not > seem to work. Look aruond the ports tree, there's comething called CONFIGURE_ARGS or something you can add. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message