Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:51:58 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "KOMATSU Shinichiro" <koma2@lovepeers.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New /bin/sh based script to manage ports Message-ID: <op.s20rwwrk9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <43BF8EF1.3000005@lovepeers.org> References: <43BCF31F.8050900@FreeBSD.org> <op.s2w24xlg9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <43BF7F8D.6080809@FreeBSD.org> <20060107092614.GH79296@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <43BF8EF1.3000005@lovepeers.org>
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:50:41 -0600, KOMATSU Shinichiro <koma2@lovepeers.org> wrote: > Stijn Hoop wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 12:45:01AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> >>> However, the other two present a chicken and >>> egg problem if I choose to use 'make -V' to get the values of these >>> variables (where do I cd to?). >> >> >> Why do you need to cd? >> >> [stijn@tangaloor] </tmp> ls Makefile >> ls: Makefile: No such file or directory >> [stijn@tangaloor] </tmp> make -V PORTSDIR >> /net/freebsd/ports Here: # make -V PORTSDIR [...empty...] # pwd /root It doesn't work here. I am not sure why I would get empty unless I have Makefile or go in one of port directory. > PORTSDIR is set in bsd.port.mk, which is not included > if you do not explicitly include it by ".include <bsd.port.mk>". > Don't you set it in /etc/make.conf or environment variable? > > Recently I thought the same problem, and > the best solution I came up with till now is > running the following command: > > % echo '.include <bsd.port.mk>' | make -f - -V PORTSDIR Ah, that's a nice trick. Works great! Now I can add this in auto-plist[1]. # echo '.include <bsd.port.mk>' | make -f - -V PORTSDIR /usr/ports [1] http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/portstools/auto-plist/ Cheers, Mezz > I will add this into portupgrade in later release > (after solving the MOVED problem...). -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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