Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 08:48:54 +0100 (CET) From: Melvyn Sopacua <melvyn@magemana.nl> To: Walter Schwarzenfeld <w.schwarzenfeld@utanet.at> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: category customports Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1602190826070.15991@fire.magemana.nl> In-Reply-To: <56C643D7.2010607@utanet.at> References: <56C643D7.2010607@utanet.at>
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Hi, the short answer: echo 'VALID_CATEGORIES=local' >> /etc/make.conf On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Walter Schwarzenfeld wrote: > If I make an own port, I had it add to the category/Makefile. But this > could be overwritten with the next update. > If I make an own category I had it add to /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk > under VALID_CATEGORIES. There is a Mk/bsd.local.mk for a reason. While it technically is under version control to provide a template (hopefully that changes at some point), it should not be comitted to unless strictly necessary. Two reasons to use the bsd.local.mk: 1) You use various make.conf files to build for different machines or testing options (use: `env __MAKE_CONF=/etc/test.conf make ...`) and putting it in bsd.local.mk centralizes it. One could also make a /etc/make.shared.conf in this case. Either / or. 2) You wish to set VALID_CATEGORIES based on some other (early available) variable. This is the better case for using this file as it is intended for extra logic, not extra configuration. Hope this helps,
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