Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 21:02:13 -0600 (CST) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> To: Stan Brown <stanb@awod.com> Cc: (Free BSD Questions list) <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports question Message-ID: <XFMail.981228210213.conrads@neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199812282349.PAA13909@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 28-Dec-98 Stan Brown wrote:
> Is there aw way to make a given port go ahead, and downlaod any
> others that it depends on, and build them first? I would have sworn
> that the ports system sued to do this, but it doesn;t seem to be
> doing it on my system at the moment.
Very strange. I have no idea why this would be happening.
> Also what about ports that may not be _required_, but may be used if
> present, as in the Xaw3d widget set for the siag pory?
Assuming you have Xaw3d installed, and would like to build another port
using it instead of the standard Xaw, you have a bit of work to do. First,
do a 'make configure' on the port. This will perform all the steps up to,
but not including, actually building the port. Then you'll need to cd into
the port's ${WRKSRC} directory and tinker with the Makefiles, config.h files
and so forth, substituting Xaw3d for Xaw. Then cd back to the port's main
directory and make it.
Not terribly difficult, really.
--
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com>
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