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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:43:57 -0500
From:      "Andy Greenwood" <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>
To:        "Atom Powers" <atom.powers@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How do I install ports hands-off?
Message-ID:  <3ee9ca710701041243g2bd78b1drc954c9c68d067a54@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <df9ac37c0701041044ha04e4a9n94cfcc04d5871a30@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <df9ac37c0701041044ha04e4a9n94cfcc04d5871a30@mail.gmail.com>

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On 1/4/07, Atom Powers <atom.powers@gmail.com> wrote:
> For most ports I can pkg_add them to get them installed without
> prompts. But for some ports I special make configurations that require
> me to build the port from source. Usually I use portinstall for this,
> but this causes problems if the make process requires additional
> input.
>
> How can I build a port using the default options, except those defined
> in make.conf, without requiring me to confirm the option for each
> port?

If you're refering to the port dependancy configs, you can try

# make config-recursive

which will present you with all the config options for all the
dependancies, then you can

# make && make install

>
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