Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:37:49 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build a BROKEN port? Message-ID: <4D1C60FD.9090803@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinhNWR1_CmmRtAJbDbHZ1_9K0v5F0kitcoYnbgY@mail.gmail.com> References: <4D1BD715.2010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20101230010945.00003a5d@unknown> <4D1BDBEC.1050600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <AANLkTinhNWR1_CmmRtAJbDbHZ1_9K0v5F0kitcoYnbgY@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/30/10 20:12, Eitan Adler wrote: >>> Edit the port's Makefile and comment-out the BROKEN line. >>> > Generally - don't do this. > > I kinda got that impression already, but can someone enlighten me why (apart from the obvious, of course- it could break the makefile if you forget)? And is that in general or just this line? I ask because I'm currently editing the Makefile with some new variables to test a fix. >>> >> Oh, the irony! :) I considered doing that, but I thought there might have >> been some magic incantation that got around this... >> >> > There is > make -DTRYBROKEN > > Thanks for the reply, but can someone tell me if this is documented anywhere particularly? I'm going to be pissed if I missed it ;)
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