Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 08:38:01 -0500 From: "Kevin M. Dulzo" <kdulzo@internal.enteract.com> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recursive make calls in bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <19980619083801.C11084@internal.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980618142507.7108E-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>; from Brett Taylor on Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:26:48PM -0600 References: <19980617182754.A4295@internal.enteract.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980618142507.7108E-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
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On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:26:48PM -0600, Brett Taylor wrote: | (cc'd to ports instead of questions) | | On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Kevin M. Dulzo wrote: | | > It appears that when you use an alternative makefile ala 'make | > -f', it doesn't affect any further make calls that bsd.port.mk use; it | > will reuse the default 'Makefile'. This makes sense in some ways, but | > a 'make -n' DOES get passed on... Is there any rhyme or reason to | > this? I'd really like to specify alternate makefiles for a | > consolidated ports tree for multiple machines, this is a small thorn | > =). The port I tried was www/lynx; all I needed was to drop the | > --with-zlib from configure arguments...I know numerous ways around | > this issue, but I wondered why -n would pass and -f would not. Is | > this a bug in the mk file or just a wierd effect? | | You can set the makefile to be something different by defining, in the | port makefile: | | MAKEFILE= name_of_the_makefile_you_want_to_use | | (I'm not sure if this is what you wanted to know) | | Brett | ********************************************************* | Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu | http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ | Doesn't that specify the Makefile used in the work directory not the port itself? -Kevin -- .-._.-. To see a thing uncolored by one's own personal preferences and desires is to see it in its own pristine simplicity. ._.-._. +==-- | Kevin M. Dulzo Check us out! | | System Administrator http://www.enteract.com | | Enteract, L.L.C. mailto: info@enteract.com| | kdulzo@enteract.com (773)248-8511 | --==+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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