Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:48:50 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automating Port Building- Setting options on the command line Message-ID: <20110401004850.GH30711@eggman.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <4D952102.4020101@astart.com> References: <4D952102.4020101@astart.com>
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 05:49:06PM -0700, Patrick Powell thus spake: >First, before you tell me to do it, I have already RTFM, done a google >search, >and even looked for examples. Here is what I am trying to do. > >I have to generate a set of packages for amd64 and i386 systems. > >I usually have a simple script that does: > >cd /usr/ports/XXX >make >make install >make package >cp <generated package> /.../repository > > >This served my simple needs well, as most of the time I had gone through >the configuration process and set up the default options that I wanted. > >But this requires me to >a) run through this process once by hand >b) copy the /var/db/ports/* to a machine with another > architecture >c) pray that the port options are the same on the i386 and amd64 > versions. > > >What I would like to do is pass in a set of default options on the >command line >such as: > >cd /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions >make configure THIS=yes THAT=no >make >make install >make package > >I just know that somebody out there is doing this better, slicker, >and with more savvy than I am doing this. > >OK. How do I do this? And just in case there are some others out there, >could you put this information, or a hint to it, in the ports(7) document? > >-- >Patrick Powell Astart Technologies >papowell@astart.com 1530 Jamacha Road, Suite X, >Network and System San Diego, CA 92019 > Consulting 858-874-6543 >Web Site: www.astart.com > IMHO it is time you look into the wonders of Tinderbox. http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/ -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5
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