This can help: bsd.port.mk(5)
On 5/24/05, Russell Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 22:31 -0400, Bryan Allen wrote: > > On May 24, 2005, at 9:25 PM, Russell Fulton wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > I've just installed mysql from the ports on my 3.7 system. All > > > went > > > well (I did not see any errors) but so far as I can see only the > > > client > > > stuff was installed. The server is there in the ports tree > > > under ..../usr/local/libexec/mysqld but it is not installed. Nor does > > > there appear to be a start up script or safe-mysqld. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > env SUBPACKAGE="-server" when you make install, or install it from > > the package it compiles and places in: > > Thanks Bryan -- some other kind soul pointed out that this example is in > the ports man page. Something I had not found before, sigh... We live > an learn and sometime even remember what we have learnt! > > I would have found it really helpful if the 'make install' had warned me > that there were sub-packages and referred me to the man page. I'd be > happy to submit a patch to do this if I could figure out where > bsd.port.mk lives. > > I spent several hours going though the Makefile and googling but failed > to find the vital info. I did see the sub package reference in the make > file but failed to figure out that these were imported from the > environment. > > Cheers, Russell > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature > which had a name of smime.p7s] > > -- Gerardo Santana

