Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:00:47 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Synth and circular dependencies Message-ID: <62.6E.31699.F22C7A95@dnvrco-omsmta03> References: <30.03.31699.752AB995@dnvrco-omsmta03> <CAJuc1zOvS51-MsVqcwAfMGYoeNV46wZm5agNecM6o3u2WL_rrQ@mail.gmail.com> <201708220330.v7M3UJeJ026761@gw.catspoiler.org> <F9.8A.25924.960DB995@dnvrco-omsmta02> <20170822122523.28de2ad2@gumby.homeunix.com> <F9.8A.25924.960DB995@dnvrco-omsmta02> <CAJuc1zN=uUSvna8b10vJoSQ%2B5G4HzSYELN_4HoyN4DD5TzejhA@mail.gmail.com> <8B.5A.25924.D54EC995@dnvrco-omsmta02> <CE1299E9-B6D1-4D03-84E7-348D4BAC2D64@adamw.org> <E9.26.08177.5AE1D995@dnvrco-omsmta01> <CAJuc1zNzr-%2BzX_9-2Hobvf6JfCqx1Hx%2BX_jcd2dPC_90gbzMAQ@mail.gmail.com> <75.0B.31699.8FB0E995@dnvrco-omsmta03> <CAJuc1zPg5y7kHPDWHfrLc3F7Obi9ZSkg48oEEQhF-_W55oi4_w@mail.gmail.com> <201708240200.v7O1xxFI037944@gw.catspoiler.org> <46.7C.08177.EA5A7A95@dnvrco-omsmta01> <CAJuc1zPkZp%2B_=OVL3HDpwiXnYEW%2Bz2MjBkYUQHQ=%2BekFVCn0Kg@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 31 August 2017 at 17:59, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com> wrote: > > Now I've been busy, selecting port options to include in > > /usr/local/etc/synth/LiveSystem-make.conf > > but when I run "synth status gnumeric", I get > > Configuration invalid: [D] Port options directory: /var/db/ports > > so without a directory like /var/db/ports showing options derived from the ports dialog, synth seems not to work. > The directory *must* be there, but it can be empty. > > Is there any dialog-free way to use synth? > Yup, I'm using it with the LiveSystem-make.conf. > Cheers. > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> I tried setting the port options directory to /usr/local/etc/synth/LiveSystem-make.conf, but I guess that was not good enough. Maybe it had to be a directory, not a file? I will try again when I get back into that installation. I also wonder about the future of synth with John Marino banished from FreeBSD, don't want to go to DragonFlyBSD because of incompatibility problems not relating to dports. Tom
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