Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:53:36 +0400 From: Ruslan Mahmatkhanov <cvs-src@yandex.ru> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Chris Inacio <nacho319@gmail.com> Subject: Re: port variants Message-ID: <4F888440.2080408@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ4womjueyvF4o6Yc_bQb2_DwoV5hMPJNx8EpqUaUCOFbw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG_PEexDO2Shk_46RYpKyjpYakAGYp1mwPU7C=QUM7HbAdnNug@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ4womjueyvF4o6Yc_bQb2_DwoV5hMPJNx8EpqUaUCOFbw@mail.gmail.com>
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Freddie Cash wrote on 13.04.2012 23:39: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Chris Inacio<nacho319@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was recently asked to do some FreeBSD ports support work. I mostly use a >> Mac and the MacPorts system. MacPorts 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? If 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. http://guide.macports.org/chunked/reference.variants.html Chris, the job needed should be described in more detail, but at glance options framework - it's what you looking for [1]. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/book.html#MAKEFILE-OPTIONS -- Regards, Ruslan Tinderboxing kills... the drives.
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