On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:33:30 +1000 Da Rock <freebsd-po...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> On 01/05/12 21:18, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > See the comment in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. There are lots of > > very informative comments in that file. > I've read that before too, but I seem to be missing something > fundamental about ports here. I need to get a handle on all this > before I can proceed. I'm pulling it apart now, anyway. The linux ports are far from normal FreeBSD ports. There are two levels of indirections involved. The ports which make up the linux infrastructure ports (USE_LINUX_APPS=xxx; defined in bsd.linux-apps.mk... you don't need it for your port I think) - typically ports which are needed by several other linux ports - are similar to e.g. GNOME ports, but they don't use bsd.port.mk like the other FreeBSD ports, but the bsd.linux-rpm.mk. And bsd.linux-rpm.mk uses bsd.ports.mk. bsam@ and me wrote those linux mk files, and at least I need to consult the files if I review a linux port more often than if I review a normal FreeBSD port. So if you don't get it the first time, don't be afraid, you didn't chose to make one of the most easy ports. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
