Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:54:54 +0200 From: Dimitris Tsamis <dtsam@cc.ece.ntua.gr> To: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passing make options to portmanager Message-ID: <43A450EE.4090005@cc.ece.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <200512161805.25390.ringworm01@gmail.com> References: <000a01c60cb3$8aac6130$2401a8c0@XGISH> <43A35C7C.90909@cc.ece.ntua.gr> <200512161805.25390.ringworm01@gmail.com>
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Michael C. Shultz wrote: >On Friday 16 December 2005 16:31, Dimitris Tsamis wrote: > > >>I want to switch from portupgrade to portmanager, but I have a few >>questions. >> >>First of all, how do I pass make options to portmanager? (like the -m >>option for portupgrade). I often pass selected make options to >>multimedia players to choose what formats will be supported. >> >> > >Place make options in either pkgtools.conf, pm-020.conf or /etc/make.conf, >man portmanager explains how. There isn't a way to pass make options >from portmanager's command line. > > Thanks for clearing it up. >>Can someone verify that portmanager reads pkgtools.conf? >> >> > >You can see for yourself, run portmanager -u -ui, it will stop >before upgrading the first port. As it collects initial information >any make options found in either pm-020.conf or pkgtools.conf >will be shown to the right of the port name. One caveat, you >must have ruby and portupgrade installed or portmanager will >ignore pkgtools.conf. > > I prefer to use pkgtools.conf because from what I understand it is a system file, whereas pm-020.conf is only for portmanager (I have ruby and portupgrade installed). > > >>Thanks for your time >> >> > >welcome > >-Mike > > Thanks for your answer :)
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