tlakh/ports-hints.org

ports hints

• Environment variables
• Make targets

See also bsd.port.mk(5).

Environment variables

FETCH​_PACKAGES

Instruct the package target to download packages missing, only building them if no suitable packages are found. Defaults to No. For example:

make FETCH_PACKAGES=-Dsnap package

Make targets

makesum

Creates the checksum file.

checksum

Checks the upstream distribution tar ball (or other archives) against the checksum file.

extract

Extracts the tar ball.

build, all

Build the port.

fake

Do a fake port installation.

plist

Create / update the plist file.

package

Do all the things to create a package.