Re: using -f for make

To: "Larson, Timothy E." <TELarson%west.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: using -f for make
From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:14:01 -0500 (CDT)

> The main makefile for a new package I'm working with does not use a standard
> name, so the pkgsrc build process can't find it when it descends to the work
> directory.  How do I tell the package Makefile where the source's makefile
> is?


Use MAKE_FILE. Many examples in pkgsrc.

See pkgsrc Guide (pkgsrc/doc/pkgsrc.txt):

The default value of MAKE_PROGRAM is "gmake" if USE_TOOLS contains 
"gmake", "make" otherwise. The default value of MAKE_FILE is "Makefile", 
and BUILD_TARGET defaults to "all".

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