From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 1 7:21:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from sumter.awod.com (sumter.awod.com [208.140.99.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0623E37B432 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 07:20:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010372pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.67]) by sumter.awod.com (8.8.7/8.12.2) with ESMTP id KAA80189 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:20:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from stanb@awod.com) X-Authentication-Warning: sumter.awod.com: User stanb [pcp01010372pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net] popped 299 seconds ago Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16goqY-000331-00 for ; Fri, 01 Mar 2002 10:21:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:21:22 -0500 From: stan To: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Subject: Persistant config data for ports? Message-ID: <20020301152122.GC11627@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.17 X-Uptime: 10:09:23 up 2 days, 14:32, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.49, 0.61 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've started using cvsup, and portupgrade to update my installed ports on several machines on a regular bassis. This takes several hoyrs, or more, espically if I gotten a bit behind and there are lots of ports to update. So I satrt this, and leave it running unatended. Unfortunately, I usuall come back to find the system waiting patiently fro an answer from me, as to a configuration choice. Given that those choices have already been mace (most of the time) it would seem to me to be nice if there was some way for the system to have this data stored in a persistentant fashion, so that I don't have to answer teh same questiosn every time. In addition there are several ports that have otional installation features that are turned on by port build time flags passed to make. Yhes get built the default way, rahter than the way they were before the upgrade. This also seems like a place where this persistant data store would be useful. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message