On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:35, John B Brown wrote:

>       I'll be less obscure, so the question will be direct. What does 
> ${portbuildpath} define as? That was the reference I gave which has NO 
> definition whatsoever on the referred page. Better would be a full definition 
> for ${workpath}. Do these things exist under `build' or `source' or 
> `distfiles' or where? I'm not talking some esoteric locations here.
> 
>       This was my original question.
> 
> `    The reference was enlightening, but what does ${worksrcpath} mean? It is 
> part of the definitions for configure, build, and destroot. Ultimately it's 
> defined in terms of ${portbuildpath} which has only one use on that page in 
> the definition of workpath. ???'


Run:

sudo port extract zlib
port work zlib

The path it prints out is zlib's ${workpath}. I'm not going to say here 
verbatim what it is because it varies depending on your ${prefix} and where 
your ports tree is on your disk.

And ${worksrcpath} is just ${workpath}/${worksrcdir}.


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