priority of make/ports options (?) -- FreeBSD Port: sysutils/portconf

[Duane Whitty]

On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:23:03PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> martinko wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm using portconf to set ports' knobs.  Also I'm setting some general
> >knobs via make.conf.
> >
> >Now I've run into this situation:
> >- i've got WITH_GECKO=seamonkey in /etc/make.conf
> >- yelp from new gnome 2.16 does not build with knob above. therefore in
> >/usr/local/etc/ports.conf i set:
> >x11/yelp: WITH_MAN | WITH_INFO | USE_GECKO=xulrunner
> >Unfortunately it does not work as I intended -- when I `portinstall
> >gnome2-lite` it tries to build yelp WITH_GECKO=seamonkey. :-/
> >
> >How can I solve this pls ??
> >How can I specify a general knob and then override it for some ports ?
> 
> Don't set global knobs in make.conf. Set them in ports.conf like this:
> 
> *:		WITH_GECKO=seamonkey
> x11/yelp:	WITH_MAN | WITH_INFO | USE_GECKO=xulrunner
> 
> That should give you the precedence that you need.
> 
> hth,
> 
> Doug
> 
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Hi Doug,

I must ask, shouldn't the OP be using portmaster in order
to use ports.conf?  Isn't portinstall == portupgrade -N
which uses pkgtools.conf?

Best Regards,

Duane Whitty