Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:22:46 -0500 From: "Frank J. Laszlo" <laszlof@tvog.net> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using the ports dev structure for individual projects.... Message-ID: <4238BFC6.1080709@tvog.net> In-Reply-To: <42388092.5030102@forrie.com> References: <42388092.5030102@forrie.com>
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Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I've been asked to take a few select ports from /usr/ports and create > a build environment. > > This presents a few technical issues, some of which can be dealt with > by overriding certain variables like PORTSDIR, NOPORTDOCS, et al. > > The second problem is ports are updated with some frequency, and we > need to keep a stateful build environment so that each dependency is > there "as-is" during that build. > > I figure I could lessen the pain of hacking variables by simply > snapshotting the /usr/ports struture, placing that into a separate > directory and then modifying PORTSDIR and DISTDIR in the build process. > > So before I go too far here, I wonder if someone else has done this - > perhaps some examples/tips/feedback would be appreciated. > > > Thanks..... > > I'm not sure I 100% understand what you are trying to do here, But maybe this will give you some more information. http://www.franksworld.org/localuser_portinstall.html Hope that help.s Kind Regards, Frank Laszlo
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