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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2014, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

> What do I need to install on FreeBSD 10 to enable me compile stuff by hand?
>
> [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# uname -a
> FreeBSD admin.cnet.co.za 10.0-RELEASE-p12 FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p12 #0: Tue
> Nov  4 04:15:03 UTC 2014
> root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> i386

I would suggest using the mail/exim port as a framework.  'make missing' 
in that port will show all the dependencies that are not already 
installed.

For simple ports, changing the version in the Makefile and recreating 
the checksum file is enough.  Exim is likely not that simple.  There are 
lots of FreeBSD patch files for the 4.84 version.  Some of those might 
need to be changed or deleted.  Still, the port is a good reference for 
what will be needed.