How to build a BROKEN port?

[RW]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:10:04 +1000
Da Rock <freebsd-questions at herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:

> On 12/30/10 11:09, Bruce Cran wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:49:25 +1000
> > Da Rock<freebsd-questions at herveybayaustralia.com.au>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> Pardon me for being the queer one to ask this- but how does one
> >> force/override building a port marked as broken?
> >>      
> > Edit the port's Makefile and comment-out the BROKEN line.
> >
> >    
> Oh, the irony! :) I considered doing that, but I thought there might 
> have been some magic incantation that got around this...

Have you never read "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe", any of the
Harry Potters, or the Bible? There's always deeper magic that's held
back until it's dramatically convenient.

                      TRYBROKEN