Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:12 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: lconrad@Go2France.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to show "make configure" menu after initial make Message-ID: <87ljif9za3.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <200911092158.AA2606170292@mail.Go2France.com> (Len Conrad's message of "Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:58:16 %2B0100") References: <200911092158.AA2606170292@mail.Go2France.com>
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:58:16 +0100, "Len Conrad" <lconrad@Go2France.com> wrote: > subsequent "make configure" simply uses the original menu choices with > no re-display of the menu to change the options There is a subtle but important difference between 'make config' and 'make configure' for ports: * 'make configure' runs any autoconf scripts included in the port. * 'make config', on the other hand, launches the port menu. So you can re-configure a port by typing 'make config'. This will load any options from the /var/db/ports/PORTNAME/options file, launch the menu you are looking for, and save the new options when you are done.
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