Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:16:06 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make install a port, but with a package? Message-ID: <46AEA976.20100@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200707310307.l6V378Ca028454@app.auscert.org.au> References: <200707310307.l6V378Ca028454@app.auscert.org.au>
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freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bad feeling that this has been asked already, and not that long > ago, but I can't find it in my mailbox. Is there a variable I can set so > that running 'make install' in a port directory will cause it to download > the package, if available, and install that instead of building from > source? In other words, the equivalent of 'portupgrade -NPP'. I have > looked at the .mk files and nothing in there seems to do that. > > This is for the situation where portupgrade isn't installed yet, and I'd > like to install it quickly from packages so I don't have to wait for Ruby > to build. Sure, I could do it with pkg_add or sysinstall but it would be > neat to be able to do everything from the ports tree. > > thanks, > joel Unfortunately none that I'm aware of. You can always install Ruby (and its dependencies) from packages though ;). -Garrett
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