Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:17:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to "make" instead of "make all" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904261511360.378-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19990426115011.A55652@fisicc-ufm.edu>
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On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Oscar Bonilla wrote: > still juggling with this ns stuff :) > > ns is compiled by issuing > > $ make > > not > > $ make all > > how do i prevent the ports subsystem from adding the "all" word The variable ALL_TARGET, in bsd.port.mk, defaults to "all" but you can set it to anything your heart desires. Seriously, one of the nicer things that being a porter gives you is an incentive to read bsd.port.mk, which is the base structure of our ports system. IF you read that, and understand that one file, you will forevermore be an expert on make. I'm not joking. If you get stuck on any portion of it, ask, you'll get quick help (many experts on that file reside right here on freebsd-ports). bsd.port.mk is great not only for being the base of ports, it also shows examples of nearly every way you can twist the BSD make utility. Most of the ways are fairly clean ... there are some things I would not want in my own makefile, because they're messy, but sometimes messy is the only way to get where you're headed. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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