Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 20:38:27 +0200 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> To: iio7@tutanota.com Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to add compile time options to a port? Message-ID: <a6d2-ko64-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <MzcsOyy--3-2@tutanota.com> (iio7@tutanota.com's message of "Sat, 2 Apr 2022 08:06:15 %2B0200 (CEST)") References: <MzcsOyy--3-2@tutanota.com>
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iio7@tutanota.com writes: > I have been search the man pages and the manual, but haven't > been able to locate any specific information. > > If there is a port in which the maintainer isn't providing all the > compile time options, is there a way to add an option without > manually editing and changing the Makefile? > > If not, what is the best practice here? /usr/ports/*/*/Makefile.local Makefile.local is read *after* Makefile, so unlike make.conf can modify all variables, not just those set via "?=" or "+=". > > Just as an example, say I want to add the option: > > --without-gpm-mouse > > to mc (Midnight Commander). $ cd /usr/ports/misc/mc $ echo 'CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-gpm-mouse' >>Makefile.local $ make -V CONFIGURE_ARGS --without-gpm-mouse ...
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