Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:50:40 -0500 From: "Ashok Shrestha" <ashok.shrestha@gmail.com> To: "Ashok Shrestha" <ashok.shrestha@gmail.com>, "FreeBSD Ports" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portinstall question Message-ID: <79e2026f0603291850t8d8b119r9fc949f93bdf0f8f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060329205814.GB42066@isis.sigpipe.cz> References: <79e2026f0603282303y7dea2312ne6baa505aadc27d@mail.gmail.com> <20060329205814.GB42066@isis.sigpipe.cz>
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Thanx for the replies. I read that I need to specify PACKAGESITE in order to use an alternate repository. Is there a listing somewhere of available 3rd party repositories? fruitsalad.org seems to be having problems. On 3/29/06, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> wrote: > # ashok.shrestha@gmail.com / 2006-03-29 02:03:06 -0500: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm installing kde on freebsd 6.0. > > > > portinstall -rRP x11/kde3 > > > > > > It's been compiling for the past 2 days. (AMD XP 1900) > > > > 1) > > The problem is that once in a while it'll come across a port that > > requires user input. So I always OK the default configurations at the > > blue screen. Is there a way to get portinstall to accept the default > > configurations without user intervention? I tried '--yes' option but > > that didn't work. > > that's BATCH=3Dwhatever in the environment or /etc/make.conf > > > 2) > > I expected the '-P' option to download the majority of the > > dependencies as binary packages. But that doesn't seem to be the case; > > it seems like everything is being compiled. Unless I unintentionally > > specified '-p' (lowercase), shouldn't there be more binary downloads > > and faster installs? > > -P means /try/ a package. You have most probably updated your > /usr/ports tree since 6.0, and whereas pkg_add uses the symlink > web on the ftp server to find the right package for your release > based on the package basename you give it, portupgrade -P will try > to fetch <package>-<version> from the server, using your current > /usr/ports to arrive at both values. > > -- > How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? > You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. > Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 > -- Ashok Shrestha
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