Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:54:29 +0200 From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@rwxrwxrwx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: mk@adminlife.net Subject: Re: Add CONFIGURE_ARGS option for port in make.conf Message-ID: <20080807185429.GA27898@rwxrwxrwx.net> In-Reply-To: <489AAC87.8040200@adminlife.net> References: <489AAC87.8040200@adminlife.net>
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On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:04:23AM +0200, Matthias Kellermann wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I want to compile a port with an option that is not controllable through
> the FreeBSD Makefile or with make config.
>
> The specific port is lang/php4 and the option I want to add is
> --with-mime-magic (I know, php4 is old and not supported after 8.8.08
> and --with-mime-magic is deprecated, but thats another story...).
>
> So I added an option to make.conf(5):
>
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/lang/php4}
> CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-mime-magic
> .endif
>
> Unfortonately, this does not work.
>
> When I add this option in the Makefile it works. The relevant part looks
> like this:
>
> CONFIGURE_ARGS= --enable-versioning \
> --with-mime-magic \
> --enable-memory-limit \
> --with-layout=GNU \
> --with-config-file-scan-dir=${PREFIX}/etc/php \
> --disable-all \
> --program-prefix=""
>
> Any ideas whats wrong here?
>
> Regards,
> Matthias
/etc/make.conf is read first, from make(1):
First of all, the initial list of specifications will be read from the
system makefile, sys.mk, unless inhibited with the -r option. The standard
sys.mk as shipped with FreeBSD also handles make.conf(5)
So if the port uses VAR= instead of VAR+= (Or VAR?=) then settings in
/etc/make.conf will have no effect.
AFAIK there is no pretty workaround, you will need to edit the Makefile.
For a more structual solution, ports should use CONFIGURE_ARGS+= instead of
CONFIGURE_ARGS, or a a new variable can be added, where the user can set
custom configure arguments (i.e. LOCAL_CONFIGURE_ARGS).
--
Martin Tournoij
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