building a port with very long list of build options

[Chris Rees]

On 24 Apr 2011 09:29, "Carl" <k0802647 at telus.net> wrote:
>
> On 2011-04-22 4:13 AM, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>>
>> On 04/22/2011 10:33 AM, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/22/2011 10:08 AM, Carl wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This form will override the Makefile present in the current directory
>>>>> and will use the specified make file with name your_own_make_file_name
.
>>>>
>>>> make -f your_own_make_file_name
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I did see that, but I interpreted that to mean my make file
>>>> *replaces* the original, in which case I would need to populate my
>>>> make file not only with the list of build options I want but also a
>>>> copy of everything in the original make file. If I'm correct, that
>>>> doesn't seem to me to be a good idea from a maintenance perspective. I
>>>> was hoping for something like the -f option that somehow inserted
>>>> rather than replaced.
>>>>
>>>> Carl                                             / K0802647
>>>
>>> Assuming you have already selected some options during make config, you
>>> could try adding your own to the file /var/db/ports/<portname>/options
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>> A probably more elegant way is to use the ports-mgmt/portconf port.
>> This allows per port settings to be applied, which are honored by make,
>> portupgrade and the other tools. Just install and use
>> /usr/local/etc/ports.conf to add your options:
>>
>>  Here is the sample supplied with the portconf:
>>
>> editors/openoffice.org-2: WITH_CCACHE|LOCALIZED_LANG=it
>> print/ghostscript-* print/lpr-wrapper: A4
>> sysutils/fusefs-kmod*: !KERNCONF | !NOPORTDOCS
>> www/firefox-i18n: WITHOUT_SWITCHER | FIREFOX_I18N=fr it
>> x11/fakeport: CONFIGURE_ARGS=--with-modules="aaa bbb ccc"
>
>
> ports-mgmt/portconf certainly does look to be a very appealing solution in
general, but am I wrong in thinking that it provides me with no way to
address my original problem? How do I use it when I've got an exceptionally
long list of options for a particular port?
>
> As for manually customizing /var/db/ports/<portname>/options, the port
builds in question are done in a clean chroot using a batch process, so
"make config" doesn't happen and /var/db/ports/<portname>/options never
exists.
>

How about my earlier suggestion of populating a 'makefile' no capitals with
the appropriate WITH and WITHOUT flags defined, then .include-ing the
original Makefile?

Chris