Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:30:32 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: dougb@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What does BATCH=yes really mean? (portmaster vs. bpm) Message-ID: <CF82FE56-9CD1-4869-AED3-440D057B67EE@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200604132042.47188.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <12B35022-89C3-4A5B-ACE3-1C3145974AF9@brooknet.com.au> <200604122223.43721.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <97FBD368-1075-4A9C-9339-8C3524E09DA9@brooknet.com.au> <200604132042.47188.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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On 14/04/2006, at 5:42 AM, RW wrote: > On Thursday 13 April 2006 09:57, Sam Lawrance wrote: >> On 13/04/2006, at 7:23 AM, RW wrote: > >>> BATCH is an instuction not to build ports with IS_INTERACTIVE set - >>> typically >>> ports with legal conditions that need to be agreed to. >>> >>> It's also used as a hint to build without asking for configuration >>> options. >>> This secondary meaning makes no sense with "make config". It seems >>> to me the >>> ports system is behaving correctly and portmaster is doing >>> something odd. >> >> I'm not so sure about that. I would have expected it to select the >> default set of options, just as it would if you were building with >> BATCH set. > > As I understand it, "make config" would then just do nothing when > BATCH is > set. > > As it stands, someone with BATCH set in a configuration file can still > run "make config" to set options. IMO that's the way it should be > since it's > an explicit request, rather than a side-effect. > > I think it would make sense for portmaster to check for BATCH itself. I think it's weird for portmaster to try and look in to make variables. Anyway, this all seems to be a moot point - portmaster has many interactive steps which seem to be unavoidable.
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