Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:53:04 -0500 From: Christopher McGee <chris@xecu.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Message-ID: <4210D770.5050602@xecu.net> In-Reply-To: <04c301c51213$03845550$7702a8c0@officeeagle> References: <007501c511b8$2d9fcff0$6401a8c0@GRANT><420F34E6.6020108@locolomo.org> <020801c511f5$e4f55430$7702a8c0@officeeagle> <420FBC0B.9030805@locolomo.org> <04c301c51213$03845550$7702a8c0@officeeagle>
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Paul Schmehl wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Norgaard" > <norgaard@locolomo.org> > To: "Paul Schmehl" <pauls@utdallas.edu> > Cc: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:43 PM > Subject: Re: Ports > >> >> Taking an arbitrary post, it appears that make.conf is not always the >> best place since this sets options globally. But thanks, I have now >> learned how to get my ports compiled with support for a4 paper and >> _not_ letter :-) >> > While that is true, you can also set options for individual ports. > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Could you please give some detail about setting options for individual ports in make.conf? Maybe I missed something in 'man make.conf' or 'man ports' but everything seems to refer to global options. The only example I've found is in man portmanager, but I'm still a little unsure about the how to do it properly.
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