How to Select Compiler Version when Installing Port

[Andrew Boothman]

Daniel J Cain Jr. wrote:

>>>I am trying to get vmailmgr-0.96.9 to build from the ports collection of
>>>FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE.  I 'think' it will work if I can have the port use
>>>a different compiler version during the build.  I have been unable to
>>>figure/find out how (if?) this is possible.  By default it seems to use
>>>gcc 3.2.2, and I have the port install of gcc 2.9.5 available I just
>>>don't know how to make 'make' use the older version.
>>
>>I usually use
>>
>>make CC=<your C compiler here> CXX=<your C++ compiler here> build
> 
> 
> Thanks!  That seems to have done the trick!

If you had to do a lot of work to make the port work, it would be 
helpful if you contacted the maintainer of the port (look in the 
Makefile) and told them what you had to do.

If there is no maintainer, the maintainer is ports@ or the maintainer 
doesn't do anything about it you could consider packaging your work up 
as a new port using the existing port as a starting point.

See the porting handbook on the FreeBSD web site.

Andrew