How to build a BROKEN port?

Da Rock freebsd-questions at herveybayaustralia.com.au
Thu Dec 30 10:41:31 UTC 2010


On 12/30/10 20:12, Eitan Adler wrote:
>>> Edit the port's Makefile and comment-out the BROKEN line.
>>>        
> Generally - don't do this.
>
>    
I kinda got that impression already, but can someone enlighten me why 
(apart from the obvious, of course- it could break the makefile if you 
forget)? And is that in general or just this line?

I ask because I'm currently editing the Makefile with some new variables 
to test a fix.
>>>        
>> Oh, the irony! :) I considered doing that, but I thought there might have
>> been some magic incantation that got around this...
>>
>>      
> There is
> make -DTRYBROKEN
>
>    
Thanks for the reply, but can someone tell me if this is documented 
anywhere particularly? I'm going to be pissed if I missed it ;)



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