From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 16:20:33 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A49AD75 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sender1.zohomail.com (sender1.zohomail.com [74.201.84.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E8D5C58 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:20:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from workbox.Home (184-100-124-78.mpls.qwest.net [184.100.124.78]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1422030007969629.0975689490268; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:20:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:20:05 -0600 From: Bigby James To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 and manually compile applications without gcc Message-ID: <20150123162005.GA5402@workbox.Home> References: <54BD0AF0.5040809@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20150120185053.GA57651@slackbox.erewhon.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150120185053.GA57651@slackbox.erewhon.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-ZohoMailClient: External X-Zoho-Virus-Status: 2 Cc: Odhiambo Washington X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:20:33 -0000 > Running ./configure --help can be helpful. It shows what the possible options > and environment variables are. You can also read the Makefile for a port, or run 'make showconfig' and 'make showconfig-recursive.' The latter will show you a list of options that can be ticked off in the dialog box a build time; the former is a way to see any options that (for whatever reason) might not be presented in the dialog box. > For another app that I needed to compile outside of the ports tree... Consider having a look at two things: the Porter's Handbook,[1] and ports-mgmt/portshaker.[2] The first is self-explanatory; the second is a means of managing your own self-written ports in tandem with the official ports tree. If you're at all familiar with Gentoo, it's basically the same concept as a Portage overlay. [1]: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ [2]: https://www.freshports.org/ports-mgmt/portshaker/ -- "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams