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
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 155 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/attachments/20061228/2cf1a3ba/attachment.pgp
More information about the freebsd-ports
mailing list