Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:52:21 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: August Simonelli <deviledog@swiftdsl.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: changing configure options when using a port Message-ID: <20040106125221.GB14422@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <325C172F-403C-11D8-9654-000A95A55144@swiftdsl.com.au> References: <325C172F-403C-11D8-9654-000A95A55144@swiftdsl.com.au>
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:33:49PM +1100, August Simonelli wrote:
> I'm slowly getting used to FreeBSD from a Linux background so forgive=20
> the ignorant questions.
>=20
> I'm curious what the best way to add configure options are when=20
> installing from a port. For example, i'd like to add --enable-rewrite=20
> to apache2. Can I just put it in the Makefile in /usr/ports/www/apache2=
=20
> ? Is this generally the best way to do this?
The apache2 port Makefile already comes with any number of hooks for
enabling or disabling various configuration options -- probably too
many in fact.
In your case, to enable mod_rewrite you don't need to do anything, as
it's already a standard part of the apache2 port, and enabled by
default in the sample httpd-std.conf file. To get a list of what
modules are available and what would be included when you build the
port, use:
# cd /usr/ports/www/apache2
# make show-modules
However, for the sake of completelness, you can compile the port to
include extra modules by:
# make WITH_EXTRA_MODULES=3Drewrite
or to statically link mod_rewrite into the apache binary:
# make WITH_STATIC_MODULES=3Drewrite
To apply these options without having to remember to type them in on
the command line all the time, you can create a 'Makefile.inc' in the
port directory which just contains the 'WITH_FOO=3Dbar' variable
assignments, or you can use portupgrade(1) and record these
customizations in it's pkgtools.conf configuration file.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
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