From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Apr 18 18:20:40 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A573816A40F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:20:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net
	[69.17.117.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82F8213C469
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:20:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: (qmail 9438 invoked from network); 18 Apr 2007 18:20:39 -0000
Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org)
	([66.92.78.145])
	(envelope-sender <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>)
	by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; 18 Apr 2007 18:20:39 -0000
Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147)
	id 4BF622843A; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:20:38 -0400 (EDT)
To: ray@stilltech.net
References: <200704181216.28418.ray@stilltech.net>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:20:38 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200704181216.28418.ray@stilltech.net> (ray@stilltech.net's
	message of "Wed\, 18 Apr 2007 12\:16\:28 -0600")
Message-ID: <441wihk0i1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: completly remove (or modify) a port
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:20:40 -0000

Ray <ray@stilltech.net> writes:

> I have been trying to work with postfix from the ports collection.
> I need to rebuild it to include mysql support. I tried 
> #make deinstall
> but a subsequent
> #make install 
> doesn't give me the options screen.

"make config"

> what is the way to either remove the stored configuration file, or to manually 
> pass the parameters to make.  A look at the Makefile and the other files 
> in /usr/ports/mail/postfix didn't turn up any hints.

The hints are in "man ports" or alternatively in the Handbook section
on installing ports.