From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 17:46:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A15106564A for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:46:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dacoder@dcoder.net) Received: from ns3.dcoder.net (ns3.dcoder.net [128.177.28.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB2E58FC0A for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:46:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ns3.dcoder.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 055255DAC5; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:46:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:46:23 -0400 From: david coder To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20120823174623.GA17222@mail3.dcoder.net> Mail-Followup-To: Polytropon , questions@freebsd.org References: <20120822230150.GB4662@mail3.dcoder.net> <20120823011751.69a5849f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120822234355.GC4662@mail3.dcoder.net> <20120823020015.644e38b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120823065406.GA3410@kontrol.kode5.net> <20120823162618.GE4662@mail3.dcoder.net> <20120823164141.GF4662@mail3.dcoder.net> <20120823191750.65ad7e61.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120823191750.65ad7e61.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port configuration data [was re: firefox & png] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:46:36 -0000 +++ Polytropon [23/08/12 19:17 +0200]: >On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:41 -0400, david coder wrote: >> it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central >> role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, "make >> showconfig" executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. >> changes made through "make config" change both that file & files in >> /usr/local/include & subdirectories thereof. > >Nothing in /usr/local is going to be changed until "make install" >(or "make deinstall" respectively) is executed. In /usr/local/include >header files are _installed_ for accessing library functions, mostly >a means for programmers to interface with software. > >But it's correct that you mention /usr/local/include/libpng/pngconf.h >here. It's not to be changed by "make configure", but it will be >created by "make install", reflecting the properties libpng has >been installed with; it's a "machine configurable file for libpng" >by its own declaration. It belongs to the png port, _not_ to the >port configuration subsystem (which is _independent_ from the >ports theirselves. > > > > >-- >Polytropon >Magdeburg, Germany >Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... thx for the correction & further education, polytropon. much obliged. david coder