Re: How to build a BROKEN port?

On 12/30/10 11:10, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:49:25 +1000, Da Rock<freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pardon me for being the queer one to ask this- but how does one
force/override building a port marked as broken?

I'm not about to run a make install clean on it, but I would like to at
least have a crack at trying to fix whats wrong. In this particular case
its involving a particular arch, and seeing as I have this arch I'd
reckon I'm an ideal candidate to try and help fix it :)

I poked around for a bit for an answer, but pretty much all the info is
on how to mark it as broken- not overriding it.
Edit it's 'Makefile'. Look for an assignment of the form:

.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} = "amd64"
BROKEN= This port fails to frobnicate foo on amd64.
.endif

Remove this assignment, build the port and try to debug its problems.
When you have a fix, run "make clean" in the port directory, save a copy
of the entire port subdirectory somewhere and email the person or team
listed in MAINTAINER with your fix.
I got that one. But what you have replied here has got my attention: ${MACHINE_ARCH} and ${ARCH} the same? I have ${ARCH} in this one.

.if ${ARCH} == "amd64"

I'm stupid now, but I will learn... :)
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