Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:08:51 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which ports store/use OPTIONS (/var/db/ports/portname/options)? Message-ID: <431EE15A-9498-4387-8DA5-DB293079AC4A@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0602270947y5dd9c98dkd26fc17f641cc3e7@mail.gmail.com> References: <867j7gd8kw.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org> <790a9fff0602270947y5dd9c98dkd26fc17f641cc3e7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Feb 27, 2006, at 09:47 , Scot Hetzel wrote: > NOTE: reason 2 & 3 can be solved by setting the BATCH variable when > building the port, but it then doesn't allow you to set OPTIONS on the > first time the port is built. Instead it uses the ports default > options. That's what "make config-recursive" is for. When installing something through ports that is likely to have a bunch of dependencies, some of which may have options, and you want to leave the build unattended, it becomes a two stage process: cd /usr/ports/foo/bar make config-recursive ... [it'll trawl through the dependency chain, popping up the OPTIONS dialog for any ports] ... make install -aDe
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