From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 23:20:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 321B416A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:20:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ip193-230.digitalrealm.net [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D6343D49 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:20:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@tvog.net) Received: from pcp01940037pcs.waldlk01.mi.comcast.net ([68.32.91.204] helo=[192.168.1.100]) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1DBhmG-00040w-Iw; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:18:12 -0500 Message-ID: <4238BFC6.1080709@tvog.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:22:46 -0500 From: "Frank J. Laszlo" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Forrest Aldrich References: <42388092.5030102@forrie.com> In-Reply-To: <42388092.5030102@forrie.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tvog.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using the ports dev structure for individual projects.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 23:20:29 -0000 Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I've been asked to take a few select ports from /usr/ports and create > a build environment. > > This presents a few technical issues, some of which can be dealt with > by overriding certain variables like PORTSDIR, NOPORTDOCS, et al. > > The second problem is ports are updated with some frequency, and we > need to keep a stateful build environment so that each dependency is > there "as-is" during that build. > > I figure I could lessen the pain of hacking variables by simply > snapshotting the /usr/ports struture, placing that into a separate > directory and then modifying PORTSDIR and DISTDIR in the build process. > > So before I go too far here, I wonder if someone else has done this - > perhaps some examples/tips/feedback would be appreciated. > > > Thanks..... > > I'm not sure I 100% understand what you are trying to do here, But maybe this will give you some more information. http://www.franksworld.org/localuser_portinstall.html Hope that help.s Kind Regards, Frank Laszlo