From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 13 19:39:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E50106564A for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D44C8FC12 for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcmm1 with SMTP id m1so3208555vcm.13 for ; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:39:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Pr79an8h3+j5WVc5/aUl3IQ0T8WeDdrIPJeA2dla4Iw=; b=IO7ejCmAv2rao+d88nX98KxWBsLZxvT39/jXGxwzru7+wIOx/e4Yb9WTSm3/MapJgh sLf5jDz3+NJqDq0ECwZDX6ZKi2RTZu6ftQwM7A+aj6ri4K6yhMxXmKZyepcoYNcP9h17 m2uCI6+Uerm02g1/IA0AwBm1A3GhM3GoR86vBi1vsNPa0sLLMGchNEPEK8fdRsHVxpLr 42Nfs5RorM2tAsi+6FV8DH3vMj64sDOFXzgPFhLzyAaRlx4PfJhpIc4IadMSSQwMfUgC od9Vqn/3csxunJytD+/M/T0ofnHCuZ0rLx/fjO+7z9PfrKa+6MGseySArlf1NEx2SQt7 BTSw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.155.7 with SMTP id q7mr1331174vcw.71.1334345992191; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:39:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.180.198 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:39:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:39:52 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: Chris Inacio Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port variants X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:39:58 -0000 On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Chris Inacio wrote: > I was recently asked to do some FreeBSD ports support work. =C2=A0I mostl= y use a > Mac and the MacPorts system. =C2=A0MacPorts has the concept of a variant = for a > port, but I can't find the analogue in the FreeBSD system. > > Does the FreeBSD ports system have the concept of a variant? =C2=A0If so,= can > someone point me in the right direction on how to create one? Describing what a "variant" is, how it works in MacPorts, and what you are trying to do would help a lot. :) The closest guess I could make would be "slave port", but I don't think that works the same way. --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com