Re: RT36 port WITH_APACHE2

[Matthew Seaman <m_(_dot_)_seaman_(_at_)_infracaninophile_(_dot_)_co_(_dot_)_uk>]

Joe Auty wrote:
> I figured this out,
> 
> My pkgtools.conf make args needed to read:
> 
>>> MAKE_ARGS = {
>>>       	<snipped>
>>>         'www/rt36' => '-DWITH_APACHE2'
>>>   }
> 
> rather than:
> 
>>> MAKE_ARGS = {
>>>       	<snipped>
>>>         'www/rt36' => 'WITH_APACHE2'
>>>   }
> 
> 
> Why is it that some make arguments in this file need the -D while  
> some don't? Hmmm.....
> 

It's not portupgrade that needs that, but make(1).  You can set make 
variables from the command line, and this is what portupgrade does to
exercise various options while building ports.

The syntax for make is either:

    make VARIABLE=value

or 

    make -DVARIABLE

where the latter is equivalent to saying

    make VARIABLE=1

('D' for 'define')

Translating that into the format used by pkgtools.conf you can write
either:

    MAKE_ARGS = {
      	<snipped>
        'www/rt36' => '-DWITH_APACHE2'
    }

or 

    MAKE_ARGS = {
      	<snipped>
        'www/rt36' => 'WITH_APACHE2=1'
    }

You can also undefine a variable by:

   make -UVARIABLE

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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