Avoiding "make clean" when changing pkg-plist and other files?

[Chris H]

On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 19:02:35 -0700 "Kirk Coombs" <freebsd-ports at coombscloud.com> said

> Hello,
> 
> I’m working on building my very first port (for the server component from
> https://www.urbackup.org/ <https://www.urbackup.org/>). Since this my first
> attempt at porting, I have ended up iterating a lot on the pkg-plist, new
> files in the ‘files’ directory, etc. as I try new things and explore the
> options in the Porter’s Handbook. To test any of these changes, I find that
> I need to do a ‘make clean’ from the port's directory in order for them
> to be used on the next ‘make build’--which obviously deletes any
> compiling work that had been done previously. Since this application takes a
> few minutes to compile, that can be a bit annoying and slow down the
> iterative debugging and learning process.
> 
> Is there an easy way to avoid having to do a full ‘make clean’ when you
> change pkg-plist, etc.? Nothing is jumping out at me in the Porter’s
> Handbook, 'man port', or my web searches.
I'm not exactly sure what commands you're currently using to accomplish
your intended goal(s).
But if it's just pkg-plist that you're working on; you might find:

make -DBATCH makeplist

helpful.

HTH

--Chris
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kirk