hi,

> Hello,
>
> I hope this is the right place to ask this. If not just let me know.
>
> Please consider that I am very new to NetBSD.
>
> I have the following problem: I would like to enable for some packages 
> features which are not enabled by default when building them from 
> pkgsrc. One example would be, to enable mysql lookups for exim. What 
> is the right way to do this when using pkgsrc?

take postfix as an example:

there's an 'options.mk' in pkgsrc/mail/postfix; take a look at it, 
there is stated:

'(...)
# Global and legacy options

PKG_OPTIONS_VAR=        PKG_OPTIONS.postfix
PKG_SUPPORTED_OPTIONS=  bdb inet6 ldap mysql mysql4 pcre pgsql sasl tls
.include "../../mk/bsd.options.mk"
(...)'

so edit/create '/etc/mk.conf' and add

'PKG_OPTIONS.postfix=' (plus the option[s] you'd like to have)

then build/install the package...

done.

>
> Any help is highly appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Serban Udrea
>
> PS. I know that the best way would be to learn from the docs but I am 
> quite under time pressure.

yes, isn't that always the case ;)

HTH,

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