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macports.conf(5)
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NAME
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macports.conf - Configuration file of the MacPorts system
DESCRIPTION
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*macports.conf* is the configuration file used to bootstrap the MacPorts
system. This file is read by the *port* command and determines how it behaves.
Lines beginning with '#' are comments, empty lines are ignored. The format is
that of a simple key/value space or tab separated pair.
The file contains entries of the form:
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<key> <value>
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The value of any given key can be referred to by the '$\{<keyname>\}'
abstraction, where '<keyname>' expands to the key in question.
KEYS
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The following keys are used by *port* itself:
prefix::
Sets the directory where ports are installed. Any path may be used but those
with spaces and/or non ascii characters should be avoided, as this can break
some ports. This key is often referred to as '$\{prefix\}'.
*Default:*;; /opt/local
portdbpath::
Directory where MacPorts keeps working data such as downloaded sources,
installed ports' receipts and the main registry. The same path restrictions
apply as for '$\{prefix\}'.
*Default:*;; $\{prefix\}/var/macports
portdbformat::
Storage type to use for the MacPorts registry. The preferred format is
"sqlite", with "flat" also available as a legacy format.
*Default:*;; sqlite
applications_dir::
Directory containing Applications installed from ports.
*Default:*;; /Applications/MacPorts
frameworks_dir::
Directory containing Frameworks installed from ports.
*Default:*;; $\{prefix\}/Library/Frameworks
sources_conf::
Location of the sources file. This file enables rsync synchronization of the
default ports tree with the MacPorts rsync server (through the "sync" target
of the port command) and any other local tree(s) you might have.
*Default:*;; $\{prefix\}/etc/macports/sources.conf
variants_conf::
Location of the optional global variants definition file, listing those that
should be used in all installed ports if available.
*Default:*;; $\{prefix\}/etc/macports/variants.conf
buildfromsource::
Controls whether ports are built from source or downloaded as pre-built
archives. Setting to 'always' will never use archives, 'never' will always
try to use an archive and fail if one is not available. 'ifneeded' will try
to fetch an archive and fall back to building from source if that isn't
possible.
*Default:*;; ifneeded
portarchivetype::
Format of archives in which to store port images. This controls the
type of archive created locally after building from source, but not the
type to request from remote servers (that is controlled by
'archive_sites.conf'). Changing this will not affect the usability of
already installed archives; they can be of any supported type.
*Supported types:*;; tgz, tar, tbz, tbz2, tlz, txz, xar, zip, cpgz, cpio
*Default:*;; tbz2
configureccache::
Use ccache (C/C++ compiler cache). Requires that ccache has been installed.
*Default:*;; no
ccache_dir::
Location where ccache stores its files
*Default:*;; $\{portdbpath\}/build/.ccache
ccache_size::
Maximum size ccache may use. Use 'G', 'M', or 'K' suffix for giga-, mega- or
kilobytes.
*Default:*;; 2G
configuredistcc::
Use distcc (distributed compiler). Requires that distcc has been installed.
*Default:*;; no
configurepipe::
Use pipes rather than intermediate files when compiling C/C++/etc (gcc
-pipe)
*Default:*;; yes
buildnicevalue::
Lowered scheduling priority (0-20) to use for make when building ports
*Default:*;; 0
buildmakejobs::
Number of simultaneous make jobs (commands) to use when building ports. 0 is
a special value meaning "the number of CPU cores or the number of GB of
physical memory plus one, whichever is less."
*Default:*;; 0
portautoclean::
Automatic cleaning of the build directory of a given port after it has been
installed.
*Default:*;; yes
keeplogs::
Keep logs for ports.
*Default:*;; no
build_arch::
The machine architecture to try to build for in normal use.
*Regular architectures include:*;; ppc, i386, ppc64, x86_64, arm64
*Default (11 and later):*;; arm64 or x86_64 depending on hardware
*Default (10.6-10.15):*;; x86_64 or i386 depending on hardware
*Default (10.5 and earlier):*;; i386 or ppc depending on hardware
universal_archs::
The machine architectures to use for +universal variant (multiple
architecture entries should be space separated). Should contain at
least two entries, or be empty to disable universal building.
*Regular architectures include:*;; ppc, i386, ppc64, x86_64, arm64
*Default (11 and later):*;; arm64 x86_64
*Default (10.6-10.13):*;; x86_64 i386
*Default (10.5 and earlier):*;; i386 ppc
startupitem_type::
Set the default type of startupitems to be generated, overridable by
Portfiles that explicitly state a startupitem.type key. If set to "default",
then a type will be selected that's appropriate to the OS.
*Supported types:*;; none, launchd, default.
*Default:*;; default
startupitem_install::
Create system-level symlinks to generated StartupItems. If set to
"no", symlinks will not be created; otherwise, symlinks will be placed
in /Library/LaunchDaemons or /Library/LaunchAgents as appropriate.
This setting only applies when building ports from source.
*Default:*;; yes
destroot_umask::
Umask value to use during the destrooting of a port.
*Default:*;; 022
release_version_urls::
URLs that MacPorts attempts to download to find out whether a new version was
released. Multiple values, space-separated; only one of the URLs needs to be
available. Downloads will be attempted in the specified order.
*Default:*;;
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macports/macports-base/master/config/RELEASE_URL
- https://trac.macports.org/export/HEAD/macports-base/config/RELEASE_URL
- https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/RELEASE_URL
release_urls::
URLs where MacPorts will download a new source code archive, if the
release_version_urls indicate that the current version needs to be updated.
In this URL, *\{version\}* will be replaced with the version number determined
from release_version_urls.
+
Additionally, ".sig" will be appended to this URL, downloaded, and used to
verify a signature made with one of the keys in
*$prefix/share/macports/keys/base/* using the signify(1) utility.
+
The list of distfile mirrors will automatically be appended to this option.
*Default:*;; *https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/v\{version\}/MacPorts-\{version\}.tar.bz2*
rsync_server::
Default rsync server to connect to when running "selfupdate" through the
port com- mand to update your base MacPorts infrastructure. While selfupdate
also syncs the ports tree, it uses the settings from $\{sources_conf\} to do
so.
*Default:*;; rsync.macports.org
rsync_dir::
Rsync directory from which to pull MacPorts sources from the rsync server.
*Default:*;; macports/release/base/ (which pulls sources for the currently shipping
MacPorts release)
rsync_options::
Default rsync options to use when connecting to the rsync server.
*Default:*;; -rtzvl --delete-after
binpath::
Sets the directory search path for locating system executables used by
MacPorts. This variable should contain the paths for locating utilities such
as rsync, tar, cvs and others. Don't change this unless you understand and
accept the consequences.
*Default:*;; $\{prefix\}/bin:$\{prefix\}/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
extra_env::
List of extra environment variables MacPorts should keep in the user's
environment when sanitizing it. Changing this is unsupported.
proxy_override_env::
Proxy support. Precedence is: env, macports.conf, System Preferences. That
is, if it's set in the environment, that will be used instead of anything
here or in System Preferences. Setting proxy_override_env to yes will cause
any proxies set here (or in System Preferences if set there but not here) to
override what's in the environment. Note that System Preferences doesn't
have an rsync proxy definition. Also note, on 10.5, sudo will clear many
environment variables including those for proxy support. Equivalent
environment variables: http_proxy, HTTPS_PROXY, FTP_PROXY, RSYNC_PROXY,
NO_PROXY
*Default:*;; yes
proxy_http::
HTTP proxy
*Default:*;; none
proxy_https::
HTTPS proxy
*Default:*;; none
proxy_ftp::
FTP proxy
*Default:*;; none
proxy_rsync::
rsync proxy
*Default:*;; none
proxy_skip::
Hosts not to go through the proxy (comma-separated, applies to HTTP, HTTPS
and FTP, but not rsync).
*Default:*;; none
host_blacklist::
Space separated list of glob patterns. Any download host matching one of
these patterns will not be used.
*Default:*;; none
preferred_hosts::
Space separated list of glob patterns. Any download host matching one of
these patterns will be preferred.
*Default:*;; none
revupgrade_autorun::
Controls whether the rev-upgrade action will be run automatically after
upgrading ports.
*Default:*;; yes
revupgrade_mode::
Controls the rev-upgrade functionality which checks for broken linking and
can rebuild ports to fix it. 'rebuild' means ports will automatically be
rebuilt when broken linking is detected in their files, while 'report' means
broken files will be scanned for and reported but the ports will not be
rebuilt.
*Default:*;; rebuild
default_compilers::
Default value for configure.compiler. This can be a space-separated list.
Later entries will be used if earlier entries are unavailable or blacklisted
by a port. Setting this is unsupported.
*Default:*;; none (internal list based on Xcode version is normally used)
FILES
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$\{prefix\}/etc/macports/macports.conf::
Standard system-wide MacPorts configuration file.
~/.macports/macports.conf::
User-specific configuration override. This file, if found, will be used
instead of the default file at $\{prefix\}/etc/macports/macports.conf.
SEE ALSO
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man:port[1], man:portfile[7]
AUTHORS
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(C) 2007-2011 The MacPorts Project
Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpp@macports.org>
Matt Anton <matt@opendarwin.org>
Rainer Mueller <raimue@macports.org>