From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 16:43:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F71EDFD for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:43:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.as41113.net (mail.as41113.net [91.208.177.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7FC96D4 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.21.87.41] (193.98.9.212.in-addr.arpa [212.9.98.193]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: lists@rewt.org.uk) by mail.as41113.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3kLghp2XKzz1N1yZ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:43:22 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <54B3F985.5060409@rewt.org.uk> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:42:45 +0000 From: Joe Holden User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris H , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: powerdns meta packages? References: <54B3E3D4.7040509@rewt.org.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:43:25 -0000 On 12/01/2015 16:05, Chris H wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:10:12 +0000 Joe Holden wrote > >> Hi guys, >> >> What is the process for adding/submitting "meta" packages for ports for >> example powerdns that have multiple backend options and the default >> isn't suitable, or failing that have the ability to install powerdns >> with default backend but allow the installation of others? >> >> Currently the port defaults to postgres, in this case I'd like sqlite >> backend for some servers (slaves), at the moment I'm just building that >> manually but it does mean I can't just do 'pkg upgrade' > As I understand it, you want to create a custom "meta-port". > You might do well to have a look at some of the other meta-ports > available, for the best way to accomplish it for your needs; > > x11/xorg > x11/xorg-minimal > x11/xorg-apps > lang/php5-extensions > > are some that come to mind. > Best wishes. > This is what I'd normally do but I was hoping with the new pkg stuff we could have some sort of virtual packages but this will do I guess! Will need to read up on package building now - seems a bit silly to have my own repo just for -mysql, -sqlite type packages though Cheers > --Chris >> >> Cheers, >> J >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >