port makefile question

[Beech Rintoul]

On Wednesday 17 May 2006 01:40, Sam Lawrance wrote:
> On 17/05/2006, at 6:48 PM, Beech Rintoul wrote:
> > I need to check for a header file in /usr/local/include as part of
> > a port
> > makefile. I'm a bit stuck as how to do it. Could someone give me a
> > suggestion?
>
> If I suspect correctly, you're looking for something like this:
>
> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
>
> .if exists(${LOCALBASE}/include/getopt.h)
> BROKEN=		Does not build when libgnugetopt is installed
> .endif
>
>
> ....
>
>
> .include <bsd.port.post.mk>

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for. I was stuck on the .if exists. 
Now I just need to add a version check to that. It's only a 4x problem. 
That I know how to do :)

Beech

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