Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:57:26 +0300 From: Sideris Michael <msid@daemons.gr> To: Renato Botelho <rbgarga@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <20060509105726.GA17945@daemons.gr> In-Reply-To: <747dc8f30605090333s39680f91l79a2beddd2f8b829@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <1147119806.18944.59.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20060508203709.GA32661@daemons.gr> <747dc8f30605090333s39680f91l79a2beddd2f8b829@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 07:33:11AM -0300, Renato Botelho wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Sideris Michael <msid@daemons.gr> wrote:
> >On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:23:26PM +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> >> Sideris Michael p??e v po 08. 05. 2006 v 23:09 +0300:
> >>
> >> > Edit its Makefile defining the KNOBS you want
> >>
> >> You should never manually edit any files under /usr/ports
> >
> >Says who? I know it is not the right way to keep my KNOBS saved, but
> >nobody prevents me from
> >defining a knob somewhere in a Makefile. Plus, I used it just to provide
> >an example of a way
> >to do port customization.
>
> You can use /etc/make.conf to do it:
>
> # Vpopmail
> .if ${.CURDIR:N*mail/vpopmail}==""
> RELAYCLEAR=40
> WITH_SUID_VCHKPW=yes
> .endif
Very nice. This is something worth mentioning even in the documentation.
Even if it is not a mainstream method to customize a port.
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