On 2017-09-17 16:35, Ken Cunningham wrote: > when working on the destrooting of complex ports it is tedious to have the > ports rebuild with each portfile edit, esp the big ports that need the > complex destrooting.... > > It must be possible to override this -- I feel I'm missing something simple > somewhere. I hope this detail is not just buried in the guide somewhere that > I missed.
You are looking for the port -o option. You most likely want to delete the work/destroot directory first. This is indeed a bit hidden in documentation. It is listed in the man page, but there are no examples or use cases. Rainer
