Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 17:19:12 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "Philip M. Gollucci" <philip@p6m7g8.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Contributing to Ports Message-ID: <20020803071912.GI2733@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <3D4B811C.9060500@p6m7g8.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0208021201330.21467-100000@danzig.sd.quantified.net> <oKny5ZWlCE@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <3D4B811C.9060500@p6m7g8.com>
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On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 03:07:08AM -0400, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > I'd like to start contributing to ports in a lot more earnest then before. > > I want to basically try and build all the ports and fix problems where > they occur, but I would like to change the install directory to say > /usr/local/ports so that I don't kill the rest of my system. See also http://bento.freebsd.org for it. > I don't think changing > LOCALBASE?= ${DESTDIR}/usr/local > X11BASE?= ${DESTDIR}/usr/X11R6 > PKG_DBDIR?= /var/db/pkg > > is they're any easy way to do this or documentation ? Try man ports and the porters handbook too. The best way to get experience is by making a port, struggling with it until it works fine and portlint is not complaing anymore! Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | Interested in MUDs? http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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