Custom builds from ports

[CyberLeo Kitsana]

Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
> On Sun, July 29, 2007 01:37, N.J. Mann wrote:
>> In message <46AB9EB4.5080305 at cyberleo.net>, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
>>> Is there a way to specify which ports certain options are to be applied
>>> to, without having to craft custom command lines and build ports
>>> individually?
>> Is  ports-mgmt/portconf  what you are looking for?
> 
> I didn't know about ports-mgmt/portconf (will check it out now) but what I
> use is the make.conf file.
> 
> This blog post
> (http://blog.innerewut.de/articles/2006/01/14/upgrading-ports-and-preserve-mak
> e-options) is what enlightened me. And here's how the application specific
> bits of my make.conf file looks:
> 
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/shells/bash}
> WITH_STATIC_BASH=yes
> PREFIX=/
> .endif
> 
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/print/cups}
> CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes
> NO_LPR=yes
> WITH_CUPS=yes
> .endif
> 
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/databases/mysql50-*}
> # these two options supposedly give a speed boost
> BUILD_OPTIMIZED=yes
> BUILD_STATIC=yes
> .endif
> 
> As you can see in the shells/bash case, I can even pass along PREFIX etc
> arguments.
> 
> Hope that helps.

That's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks!

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