Making changes to ports default install

[Sahil Tandon]

Tim DeBoer <tdeboer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been working on a new server, and I'd like to install apache from ports
> to make maintenance easier.
> The problem is the default layout drives me nuts. I'd like to use a more
> intuitive layout. Is it possible to pass a custom layout file during make
> build? Something like make build WITH_LAYOUT=/path/to/layout/file  or
> something along those lines?

Look into --enable-layout.  See the various options in config.layout; if none 
of them suit you, you can add your custom rules.  I believe you can also 
point to a file that contains your custom layout if you are uncomfortable 
editing the config.layout.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net>