Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:33:13 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuration of ports Message-ID: <20040913193313.7d2731f5@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040913200258.01c23148@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040913200258.01c23148@mail.dc2.adelphia.net>
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:12:13 -0400 Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> wrote: > Hello- > > I am sure that this must have been asked, so along with my > question, I > need to know if there is an archive of the ports collection and if > so, where can I find it. > Ok, I am really liking the ports collection, being new to freeBSD > and > all. But the one thing that gets in the way is my lack of knowledge > in being able to configure the installations....either with > .configure config files or with compiler switches. Can someone lead > me to a resource that can help me understand how to configure my > applications so that I can tweak my ports during installation? You may want to check out /etc/defaults/make.conf. Just cp that file to /etc/make.conf. That file is nicely documented in both man and the file it's self. The ports take car of running ./configure it's self. I would suggest reading man ports. It has a lot of nice info in it. The porters handbook may help shed lights on some things? If you want a nice example to look out check out multimedia/mplayer. It has a nice example of all three types of ports base configing there is... Some will bring up a ncurses menu of options, some will display some for a bit before compiling and ect, and then others will have ones not shown in the make file. Install mplayer and more the Makefile :)
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