Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:53:39 -0300 From: Duane Whitty <duane@dwlabs.ca> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: priority of make/ports options (?) -- FreeBSD Port: sysutils/portconf Message-ID: <20061020195339.GF80635@dwpc.dwlabs.ca> In-Reply-To: <45392217.9070006@FreeBSD.org> References: <4538884A.5080303@pobox.sk> <45392217.9070006@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:23:03PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > martinko wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I'm using portconf to set ports' knobs. Also I'm setting some general > >knobs via make.conf. > > > >Now I've run into this situation: > >- i've got WITH_GECKO=seamonkey in /etc/make.conf > >- yelp from new gnome 2.16 does not build with knob above. therefore in > >/usr/local/etc/ports.conf i set: > >x11/yelp: WITH_MAN | WITH_INFO | USE_GECKO=xulrunner > >Unfortunately it does not work as I intended -- when I `portinstall > >gnome2-lite` it tries to build yelp WITH_GECKO=seamonkey. :-/ > > > >How can I solve this pls ?? > >How can I specify a general knob and then override it for some ports ? > > Don't set global knobs in make.conf. Set them in ports.conf like this: > > *: WITH_GECKO=seamonkey > x11/yelp: WITH_MAN | WITH_INFO | USE_GECKO=xulrunner > > That should give you the precedence that you need. > > hth, > > Doug > > -- > > This .signature sanitized for your protection Hi Doug, I must ask, shouldn't the OP be using portmaster in order to use ports.conf? Isn't portinstall == portupgrade -N which uses pkgtools.conf? Best Regards, Duane Whitty
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