On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Carl <k0802...@telus.net> wrote: > On 2011-04-21 8:52 PM, Polytropon wrote: > >> This has been possible and common in the past. For example, >> the many options for the mplayer and mencoder ports could >> be specified in a file, so changing of a port's file was >> not needed. I'm not fully sure this option is still present, >> but at least on v7 it worked. >> >> Create a file Makefile.local in the port's directory and >> specify all your options as desired. This file will be >> sourced when you issue a "make" command and will override >> settings of the regular Makefile (e. g. if you want >> different CFLAGS for _this_ port). The file is to be in >> the known syntax, NAME=value. >> > > Does that solution allow for locating Makefile.local outside the ports tree > so as not to contaminate builds for other targets using the same ports tree? > > On 2011-04-21 9:11 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > >> If you read the make manual page , you will see the following option : >> >> ... >> >> *-f* *makefile* >> Specify a makefile to read instead of the default one. >> >> ... >> >> which is used as >> >> make -f your_own_make_file_name >> >> This form will override the Makefile present in the current directory >> and will use the specified make file with name your_own_make_file_name . >> > > Yes, I did see that, but I interpreted that to mean my make file *replaces* > the original, in which case I would need to populate my make file not only > with the list of build options I want but also a copy of everything in the > original make file. If I'm correct, that doesn't seem to me to be a good > idea from a maintenance perspective. I was hoping for something like the -f > option that somehow inserted rather than replaced. > > Carl / K0802647 >
Please study make manual page in detail . There are many more commands to be applicable , for example ( .include ) which you may use to include the original make file name Makefile at any suitable point in your own make file . Also studying the currently used Makefile files in FreeBSD may give many ideas to apply . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
