Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:48:45 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net> Cc: lpr@istari.home.net, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions on making a port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127143837.208E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199801270143.UAA01421@istari.home.net>
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On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote:
> I'm trying to build a port for trn4 and have a few questions:
I'm not familiar with trn. If we already have a trn port in the
portstree, there needs to be a good reason for introducing a
version-specific port; otherwise, just talk to the maintainer of
the existing trn and ask that it be updated, offering your
update.
> 1. What is the preferred method for running Configure?
> I'm currently using:
>
> CONFIGURE_SCRIPT= Configure
> CONFIGURE_ARGS= -sde -Dprefix=${PREFIX}
If this does what you want, then use it. In general, it is
preferrable to make adjustments to the port Makefile instead of
creating more patches/, scripts/, or files/.
But use judgement. :)
[You also need to define HAS_CONFIGURE, of course]
> 2. While running the Configure script, I still get prompted
> to answer a question (Organization)....Should I just
> create a patchfile to have a default answer?
If necessary, you can define IS_INTERACTIVE. "Organization" is
probably sufficiently trivial that you can supply a default
answer through a patchfile.
> 3. Normally, the make installs trn, I want to change this
> to trn4. Is there a preferred method?
If the trn Makefile is well-written, you may be able to do this
by setting MAKE_ENV. It may be necessary to use a patch.
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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