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Subject: Re: How to check current port options before updating
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Kaspars Bankovskis writes:

>  Yes, "make config" shows saved options.

	For clarity: do this in <portgroup>/<portname>.
	"make showconfig" is the read-only alternative.

>  You can find them in the file /var/db/ports/portname/options as
>  well.

	That works too.


				Robert Huff