Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:54 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Proposal: do not show up the dialog(1) by default?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305232107170.6392@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK0CnHQmXvgPRKe_k1Bx_SRmA9xm=tD7Ms4ociPbE16Q5A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20130523054541.GH96836@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CA%2BtpaK2tB=Xteo2y7C80AMf2mwGxPCS3PNGHFLR1oJ21FBEcSw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ6GKoX5-Q5Vry=2HE-5mf6XYQgze40hyYO-prnVK%2Bzr6A@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK0CnHQmXvgPRKe_k1Bx_SRmA9xm=tD7Ms4ociPbE16Q5A@mail.gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 23 May 2013, Adam Vande More wrote:

> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are already two "native" ways to do this:
>>   make config-recursive
>>   use a ports management tool like portmaster/portupgrade
>
> portmaster certainly does not do this, nor make
> config-recursive(although it faster than the portmaster dialog).  As I
> already mentioned, portupgrade used to give them to you all at once,
> no interruptions between IIRC.  As it stands right now, 'portmaster
> x11/kde4' on a clean install pretty much guarantees you'll be console
> baby sitting for 1/2 hr or more unless you use the accept defaults
> option.  To put it another, I think the default make behavior should
> be more akin 'make config-recursive' rather than take each OPTION as
> it comes.

portmaster has always shown all the config dialogs before starting a 
build.  Granted, it can take a while.  portupgrade can do it with the -c 
or -C options, but does not do it by default.  Or didn't last I looked.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?alpine.BSF.2.00.1305232107170.6392>