From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Dec 24 10:39:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03296 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 10:39:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03285 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 10:39:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sprice@hiwaay.net) Received: from localhost (sprice@localhost) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with SMTP id MAA23065; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:39:03 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:39:03 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price To: "David O'Brien" cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does !exists() not work In-Reply-To: <19981224095147.A18144@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Try running make(1) with a commandline line like 'make -dd' and note what file it is looking for near the end of the output. -steve On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, David O'Brien wrote: # Why doesn't this work: # # .if !exists(${DISTDIR}/vp-bro-0.4-alpha${EXTRACT_SUFX}) # IGNORE='Please contact Vern Paxson to obtain the obtain the Bro source. Put it in ${DISTDIR} as vp-bro-0.4-alpha${EXTRACT_SUFX} and run make again' # .endif # # Reguardless of the existance (as tested by `ls(1)') the IGNORE is always # active. What I want is a way to not "exit 1" when the distfile is # missing to allow unattended ``cd /usr/ports ; make fetch''. # # I've also tried redefining the "do-*" targets to turn them into NOPs, but # that didn't work either. Probably do to why ever the above doesn't work. # # -- # -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message