From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 18 15:33:14 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8038C37; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:33:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from maul.immure.com (104-49-19-137.lightspeed.austtx.sbcglobal.net [104.49.19.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30892B82; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:33:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rancor.immure.com ([10.1.132.9]) by maul.immure.com with esmtp (Exim 4.85 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1YCrqa-000BPg-Nx; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:33:05 -0600 Received: from rancor.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rancor.immure.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t0IFX40Y006421; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:33:04 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by rancor.immure.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t0IFX4Tx006420; Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:33:04 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 09:33:04 -0600 From: Bob Willcox To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20150118153303.GG91189@rancor.immure.com> Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: <20150117151806.GE91189@rancor.immure.com> <54BA8380.4060108@selasky.org> <20150117154837.GL1151@albert.catwhisker.org> <20150118043426.GF91189@rancor.immure.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 10.1.132.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: bob@immure.com X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on maul.immure.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Subject: Re: CURRENT breaks loading of nvidia.so X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on maul.immure.com) Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT , "current@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:33:15 -0000 On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 09:22:06PM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Can anyone tell me where PORTS_MODULES is documented? I don't find it in > the Handbook. It's not in src.conf(5). I've known of it since Doug B. (I > thing) wrote it. This is a very beneficial tool. It really needs to be well > documented. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com I found it in the make.conf(5) man page. I will say, however, that the description is fairly skimpy and I wouldn't have really known how to use it to solve my nvidia driver problem w/o the help of folks here. A more complete description, preferably with a few examples, would really help to understand how it is actually used. Bob -- Bob Willcox | The Ancient Doctrine of Mind Over Matter: bob@immure.com | I don't mind... and you don't matter. Austin, TX | -- As revealed to reporter G. Rivera by Swami Havabanana