pkg_list & applications from source

Disclaimer: I have most of the FreeBSD handbook, did google searches and so
on.

Need: actual search parameters (example: freebsd register source
applications) or if you want, actual steps.

I installed apache, php and a few other applications from source. Because I
needed additional functionality I could not get when installing from the
package or ports. Apache and php and the other applications are working
perfeclty well and are very stable. The problem is now I can't install
anything else that requires apache, php and so on from packages OR ports,
because it tries to install my already installed applications. So I need a
way to register apache, php and so on to pkg_list, however I don't know if
editing pkg_list is enough or if I need to take additional steps to make
sure my system stays stable. If I need to install everything else from
source, well so be it, but I would like any assistance I can get.

Thank you!
DP

On Tue, 29 May 2007 22:41:21 +0000, Jason Bourne wrote:

[snipped for brevity]

I would add that, if the port's Makefile doesn't allow you to enable/
disable the functionality you require, there's always the good old
CONFIGURE_ARGS+= way (assuming the port uses GNU configure).

If you install portupgrade, you can then save any custom build options
in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, and they will be applied automatically
when you use either portinstall or portupgrade. This is definitely the
way to go.

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Conrad J. Sabatier