How to construct this port?

Vasil Dimov vd at FreeBSD.org
Thu Dec 28 04:28:32 PST 2006


On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 12:32:13PM +0100, Nils Vogels wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I'm trying to set up a new port, but I'm unsure how to proceed, until
> now I've only maintained already existing ports.
> 
> The port is a plugin for an already existing port, giving extra
> functionality, but is maintained as a seperate package.
> 
> In order to compile the port, you need a sourcetree of both the original
> port and the port of the plugin, where the sourcetree of the original
> port has to have been ./configure-d
> 
> How would I go about this?

Try something like BUILD_DEPENDS=/nonexistent:${PORTSDIR}/cat/port:configure

This is documented in
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/makefile-depend.html

Good luck!

-- 
Vasil Dimov
gro.DSBeerF at dv
%
A language that doesn't have everything is
actually easier to program in than some that do.
                -- Dennis M. Ritchie
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