FreeBSD Makefile

[littlelevi]

The Makefile for FreeBSD is little bizzare. FreeBSD has its own way to write ports and Makefiles. Here is an example https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/x11-wm/spectrwm/Makefile
The port is old but I built it minutes ago and I know it compiles and works.
If spectrwm team is willing to support FreeBSD and the port for it, I think the port maintainer and FreeBSD community would not mind and gladly accept the help.

[littlelevi]

I reworked that FreeBSD port Makefile and upgraded it to the newest spectrwm version 3.5.1
The old port is almost 3 years old, and since you keep FreeBSD Makefile this is more proper way to support the OS. The package Maintainer will have less headache (Whoever he may be). So have a copy. I'm not not the port Mainterinar, just provide an update.

Its more tidy, better formated, easier to maintain, less portliner complains, passes make stage and make stage-qa as Porter's Handbook advise. I also made a fix and added missing. spectrwm.desktop file and missing deps for the new version. Compiles on 13.2-RELEASE-p4
But I don't see why it shouldn't work on 14.0 which came out some time ago.

Sorry, github refuses direct file link. I will PR it later

[nunotexbsd]

Most important than having a config/make for a specific OS or packager, is IMHO, that upstream uses a build setup that complies with standards for *NIX, Gnus, etc.
In this particular case, Makefile should be configurable and flexible that applies to a majority of OSes.

Using a Makefile intrinsic and conneted to a framework is not good. The work on ports configuration should be done by ports maintainers and devs.

Take for example a Makefile from a tool that is being developed in FreeBSD that it is simple and flexible:
https://github.com/johnmehr/gitup/blob/main/Makefile

and gitup port Makefile in other hand:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/blob/main/net/gitup/Makefile

Cheers