Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:29:27 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build a BROKEN port? Message-ID: <4D1BEE87.4040006@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20101230022744.4f43d1c4@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4D1BD715.2010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20101230010945.00003a5d@unknown> <4D1BDBEC.1050600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20101230022744.4f43d1c4@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 12/30/10 12:27, RW wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:10:04 +1000 > Da Rock<freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > >> On 12/30/10 11:09, Bruce Cran wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:49:25 +1000 >>> Da Rock<freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Pardon me for being the queer one to ask this- but how does one >>>> force/override building a port marked as broken? >>>> >>>> >>> Edit the port's Makefile and comment-out the BROKEN line. >>> >>> >>> >> Oh, the irony! :) I considered doing that, but I thought there might >> have been some magic incantation that got around this... >> > Have you never read "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe", any of the > Harry Potters, or the Bible? There's always deeper magic that's held > back until it's dramatically convenient. > > TRYBROKEN > LOL :) I knew there had to be something! I just couldn't find it in the ocean of information on ports. So... make -DTRYBROKEN Thanks guys. Now to crack the mongrel holding up my perfectly updated box...
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