Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:10:36 +0100 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build a BROKEN port? Message-ID: <xeia8vz8njzn.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <4D1BD715.2010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> (Da Rock's message of "Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:49:25 %2B1000") References: <4D1BD715.2010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:49:25 +1000, Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> Pardon me for being the queer one to ask this- but how does one
> force/override building a port marked as broken?
>
> I'm not about to run a make install clean on it, but I would like to at
> least have a crack at trying to fix whats wrong. In this particular case
> its involving a particular arch, and seeing as I have this arch I'd
> reckon I'm an ideal candidate to try and help fix it :)
>
> I poked around for a bit for an answer, but pretty much all the info is
> on how to mark it as broken- not overriding it.
Edit it's 'Makefile'. Look for an assignment of the form:
.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} = "amd64"
BROKEN= This port fails to frobnicate foo on amd64.
.endif
Remove this assignment, build the port and try to debug its problems.
When you have a fix, run "make clean" in the port directory, save a copy
of the entire port subdirectory somewhere and email the person or team
listed in MAINTAINER with your fix.
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