Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:21:16 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <e3taut$8tt$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0605090831o4e8efbaarf53ca844bb348758@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <1147119806.18944.59.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20060508203709.GA32661@daemons.gr> <747dc8f30605090333s39680f91l79a2beddd2f8b829@mail.gmail.com> <20060509144751.GU3099@numachi.com> <790a9fff0605090831o4e8efbaarf53ca844bb348758@mail.gmail.com>
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Scot Hetzel wrote:
> On 5/9/06, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 07:33:11AM -0300, Renato Botelho wrote:
>> > On 5/8/06, Sideris Michael <msid@daemons.gr> wrote:
>> > >Says who? I know it is not the right way to keep my KNOBS saved, but
>> > >nobody prevents me from
>> > >defining a knob somewhere in a Makefile. Plus, I used it just to
>> provide
>> > >an example of a way
>> > >to do port customization.
>> >
>> > You can use /etc/make.conf to do it:
>>
>> Isn't this what pkgtools.conf is for?
>>
>> > # Vpopmail
>> > .if ${.CURDIR:N*mail/vpopmail}==""
>> > RELAYCLEAR=40
>> > WITH_SUID_VCHKPW=yes
>> > .endif
>>
>> MAKE_ARGS = {
>> ...
>> 'mail/vpopmail' => 'RELAYCLEAR=40 WITH_SUID_VCHKPW=yes',
>> ...
>> }
>>
> The problem with pkgtools.conf (and all the other port management
> tools) is that it only works for the port that you are currently
> building. If that port has dependancies, the settings in
> pkgtools.conf for the dependancies are not applied to the dependent
> port. Instead you need to build the dependent ports first.
>
> Where as putting the variable into make.conf, will allow the dependent
> port to always build with that setting.
>
> Scot
> --
why is it so ??
i discovered this some time ago but have always been wondering why does
it work this "unlogical" way..
m.
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