configure.args-delete --prefix

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 10, 2007, at 17:07, Jochen Küpper wrote:

> On 10.05.2007, at 23:21, Elias Pipping wrote:
>
>> by default configure.pre_args contains only the
>> --prefix parameter, so clearing the variable
>> completely would work, too:
>>
>>   configure.pre_args
>
> Yes, it seems to work.
>
>> On May 10, 2007, at 11:06 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> MacPorts does not put the "--prefix=${prefix}" argument in the  
>>> configure.args variable; it puts it in the configure.pre_args  
>>> variable. Presumably you then want "configure.pre_args-delete -- 
>>> prefix=${prefix}". I haven't tested this.
>
> Where can one learn about all this stuff?

I learned it by reading part of the source code one day. I just  
happened to remember the pre_args bit.

> If there isn't, there should really be a Wiki page with all  
> Portfile variables. Just the names would already be helpful,  
> although it should obviously contain an explanation in the end.

The documentation used to have that, or at least most of the useful  
variables. We currently have no documentation, however.