Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:08:46 -0700 From: Carl <k0802647@telus.net> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>, freebsd@edvax.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: building a port with very long list of build options Message-ID: <4DB1297E.6090205@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinn53mqc=2rkWqMAqZJvdK-vydP7A@mail.gmail.com> References: <4DB0F34B.9030008@telus.net> <BANLkTinn53mqc=2rkWqMAqZJvdK-vydP7A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2011-04-21 8:52 PM, Polytropon wrote: > This has been possible and common in the past. For example, > the many options for the mplayer and mencoder ports could > be specified in a file, so changing of a port's file was > not needed. I'm not fully sure this option is still present, > but at least on v7 it worked. > > Create a file Makefile.local in the port's directory and > specify all your options as desired. This file will be > sourced when you issue a "make" command and will override > settings of the regular Makefile (e. g. if you want > different CFLAGS for _this_ port). The file is to be in > the known syntax, NAME=value. Does that solution allow for locating Makefile.local outside the ports tree so as not to contaminate builds for other targets using the same ports tree? On 2011-04-21 9:11 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > If you read the make manual page , you will see the following option : > > ... > > *-f* *makefile* > Specify a makefile to read instead of the default one. > > ... > > which is used as > > make -f your_own_make_file_name > > This form will override the Makefile present in the current directory > and will use the specified make file with name your_own_make_file_name . Yes, I did see that, but I interpreted that to mean my make file *replaces* the original, in which case I would need to populate my make file not only with the list of build options I want but also a copy of everything in the original make file. If I'm correct, that doesn't seem to me to be a good idea from a maintenance perspective. I was hoping for something like the -f option that somehow inserted rather than replaced. Carl / K0802647
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