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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:12 +0200
In-Reply-To: <200911092158.AA2606170292@mail.Go2France.com> (Len Conrad's
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Subject: Re: how to show "make configure" menu after initial make
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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.