Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:26 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Subject: Re: qpopper Message-ID: <200605122151.40926.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <3964C43E-9FC9-4F2A-B025-5909AB8FC4D0@lafn.org> References: <B6A18E1A-CA88-45FC-8A6C-D2324973324F@lafn.org> <20060513044500.GB10746@soaustin.net> <3964C43E-9FC9-4F2A-B025-5909AB8FC4D0@lafn.org>
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--nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 12 May 2006 21:14, Doug Hardie wrote: > On May 12, 2006, at 21:45, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:41:08PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: > >>> If you feel you could take responsibility for the port, then feel > >>> free > >>> to submit a patch and offer to maintain it. In this case, you'll > >>> want to have a read of the Porter's Handbook first (easily found on > >>> Google). > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ > > index.html > > > > Also see "Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection": > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing- > > ports/index.html > > > >> Is this the right place to ask about the porting process? > > > > Yes. > > Thanks. The Contributing doc is very interesting. The qpopper port > throws up a window at the start of make that gives you options that > become options to configure. How is that done? The latest versions > of qpopper include a new option that is not currently provided. I > will need to add that new option. In the makefile you do something like this: OPTIONS=3D NEW_OPTION "Build with New Option" off \ Then put the statement below that section: =2Eif defined(WITH_NEW_OPTION) CONFIGURE_ARGS+=3D --new-option =2Eendif You should also build the porttools (in the ports). And be sure to check yo= ur=20 files with portlint -A from the port directory. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEZXPsp5D0B1NlT4URAru3AJ9yRQFyM4SZ2VV7bbSZWu5vtrQ+AgCeP0lT SobJCujhmLa8tHCvKypdygc= =r1Ls -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2288109.QM0BlxoDWJ--
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