Ports Question

[Roland Smith]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 04:40:58PM -0400, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> What is the proper method to pass configure arguments when installing a 
> port?

While you can supply arguments on the command line, it is hard to
remember.

Therefore I think it is best to set arguments in make.conf. For example;

---------- make.conf excerpt ----------
.if ${.CURDIR:M*/graphics/xpdf}
A4=yes
.endif

.if ${.CURDIR:M*/mail/mutt-devel}
WITH_MUTT_SLANG2=yes
WITHOUT_MUTT_HTML=yes 
WITHOUT_MUTT_XML=yes 
WITHOUT_MUTT_COMPRESSED_FOLDERS=yes 
WITHOUT_NLS=yes 
NOPORTDOCS=yes
.endif

.if ${.CURDIR:M*/print/cups*}
CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=true
.endif
---------- make.conf excerpt ----------

The '.if' statement ensures that the variables are only set when make is
called from the praticular port direction.

Roland
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