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Add a note about the CONFIGURE_TARGET override needed by GNU configure

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Reviewed by:	keramida
Approved by:	keramida, ceri (mentor)
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Peter Pentchev 2003-02-26 11:16:54 +00:00
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@ -3035,6 +3035,23 @@ PORTVERSION= 1.0</programlisting>
<command>autoconf</command> to be run before
<command>configure</command>.</para>
<note>
<para>If your package uses GNU <command>configure</command>, and
the resulting executable file has a <quote>strange</quote> name
like
<filename>i386-portbld-freebsd4.7-</filename><replaceable>appname</replaceable>,
you will need to additionally override the
<makevar>CONFIGURE_TARGET</makevar> variable to specify the
target in the way required by scripts generated by recent
versions of <command>autoconf</command>. Add the following line
immediately after the <literal>GNU_CONFIGURE=yes</literal> line
in your <filename>Makefile</filename>:</para>
<para>
<literal>CONFIGURE_TARGET=--build=${MACHINE_ARCH}-portbld-freebsd${OSREL}</literal>
</para>
</note>
<para>If your package is an X application that creates
<filename>Makefile</filename>s from <filename>Imakefile</filename>s
using <command>imake</command>, then set