[PC-BSD Pbi-dev] Using native FreeBSD host's port settings

[Kris Moore]

On 08/30/11 21:31, developer at grinz.com wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am a FreeBSD "native" running 9.0-BETA1 with ports-mgmt/pbi-manager 
> installed from ports.
>
> One of the reasons I upgraded early was to try out the new pbi system.
>
> So far I have sucessfully built several PBIs with pbi_makeport, and I 
> am very impressed with the concept and execution (especially that 
> everything is written in shell).
>
> Does pbi_makeport use the following from the host when compiling ports 
> in the chroot?
> 1) /var/db/ports
> 2) /etc/make.conf

Neither of those are used when building PBIs. The make.conf stuff is 
generated automatically into the build jail, and using settings from 
pbi.conf in the PBI_MAKEOPTS variable. So often we'll set a few values 
for some of our PBI modules, like WITH_CUPS=yes, etc.


> Would it be possible to use ports-mgmt/portconf 
> (/usr/local/libexec/portconf, /usr/local/etc/ports.conf - set in 
> /etc/make.conf) during compilation?
>

I don't have any support for that in place yet, but its an interesting 
idea, may have to look into it for a future update :)

> Is there any further documentation regarding the meta-deta 
> configuration directory referenced on the PBI Manager Wiki?
>
Well, there are man pages for each of the pbi_* commands, then the usual 
places on the wiki:

http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PBI9_Format
http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PBI_Module_Builder_Guide#Building_PBIs_for_PC-BSD_9.x_and_higher

And you are always welcome to ask questions here :)

> I'm ready to start customizing the build process.
>
> Thanks for any pointers and keep up the great work,
> Ross
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Kris Moore
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