[kde-freebsd] How do you enable debug output on a port?

[Jim Durham]

On Thursday 22 April 2004 03:53 pm, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> On Thursday 22 April 2004 21:24, Jim Durham wrote:
> > On Thursday 22 April 2004 02:41 pm, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > > On Thursday 22 April 2004 20:28, Jim Durham wrote:
> > > > What's the correct way to do this?
> > >
> > > Don't hack the port Makefiles, just make -DWANT_KDE_DEBUG (or define
> > > WANT_KDE_DEBUG in /etc/make.conf).
> >
> > Thanks very much...
> >
> > Something else I should have asked... when you type 'make clean' then
> > 'make' it unpacks the sources again, overwriting any changes .
>
> Actually, the 'make clean' deletes the work/ subdirectory, so if you do
> that, 'make' has to extract the distfile again.
>
> > I have been
> > letting it get to the configure script conclusion, then control C 'ing it
> > and changing the source. What is the proper way to do this?
>
> I'm not sure what you're asking. If you don't want to break with ctrl-c, do
> 'make configure' - this will stop after the configure step and lets you
> change things, then go on with 'make'. If you want your changes preserved
> and automatically applied before each build, turn them into a
> patch-<somename> file in a files subdirectory in the port directory (look
> at other patches in other ports for examples).

'make configure' is the ticket.   I don't see that target in the Makefile, but 
I'll take your word for it.

Thanks,

-- 
-Jim
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