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Date:      Mon, 8 Jan 2018 00:05:19 -0200
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Danilo_Eg=C3=AAa_Gondolfo?= <danilo@freebsd.org>
To:        Kirk Coombs <freebsd-ports@coombscloud.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Avoiding "make clean" when changing pkg-plist and other files?
Message-ID:  <CAFU7VyNh6H7GBgNC5MZK0WFFypJvASV0HRzJncqXayLJBHtHtg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:02 AM, Kirk Coombs <freebsd-ports@coombscloud.com=
>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I=E2=80=99m working on building my very first port (for the server compon=
ent from
> https://www.urbackup.org/ <https://www.urbackup.org/>). Since this my
> first attempt at porting, I have ended up iterating a lot on the pkg-plis=
t,
> new files in the =E2=80=98files=E2=80=99 directory, etc. as I try new thi=
ngs and explore
> the options in the Porter=E2=80=99s Handbook. To test any of these change=
s, I find
> that I need to do a =E2=80=98make clean=E2=80=99 from the port's director=
y in order for
> them to be used on the next =E2=80=98make build=E2=80=99--which obviously=
 deletes any
> compiling work that had been done previously. Since this application take=
s
> a few minutes to compile, that can be a bit annoying and slow down the
> iterative debugging and learning process.
>
> Is there an easy way to avoid having to do a full =E2=80=98make clean=E2=
=80=99 when you
> change pkg-plist, etc.? Nothing is jumping out at me in the Porter=E2=80=
=99s
> Handbook, 'man port', or my web searches.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kirk
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