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Date:      Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:31:06 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
To:        Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com>
Cc:        Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RFC: Automated Port Rebuilding (was Re: using "dialog" in ports is for bitches)
Message-ID:  <20020822073106.GA65851@mithrandr.moria.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020821204547.A58C7477@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
References:  <86k7mmo03y.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20020821204547.A58C7477@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>

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On Wed 2002-08-21 (16:45), Andy Sparrow wrote:
> AFAIK, the two mechanisms (if there's more, please let me know) are as 
> follows:
> 
> i)	Frobbing stuff into /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf
> 
> ii)	Frobbing stuff into ${PORT}/Makefile.local
> 
> I happen to prefer the latter approach, as I'd generally prefer that 
> port options not be global, e.g. I might prefer to build some ports 
> with, and some without, the same options.

I'm rather partial to penv (/usr/ports/sysutils/penv).  It's also
probably the easiest way to store long-term customisations, and has a
really easy API for updating (ie, in a graphical ports customisor,
something I'd be interested to see/rewrite).

Neil
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Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@mithrandr.moria.org

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