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Cc: John Rogers <ruralriver@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: portupgrade forget package options
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On 11/6/06, Josh Carroll <josh.carroll@psualum.com> wrote:
> > Today I found the CPU is drained up by 5 instances of
> > "script" and "dialog", because everyday when portupgrade updates
> > python, it tried to display a menu in text mode and ask for a few
> > options (such as whether python should support IPv6 etc), which of
> > course hangs in cron job.
>
> Some ports have a config make target which will save options. For
> ports that do not, you can use pkgtools.conf and set MAKE_ARGS for
> that port.
>
> It may be that a port was modified to support the config target, but
> you have not yet run make config for it. It should remember the
> options after you make config and select the options you want
> included/excluded.
>
> Josh
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also,

settting
 BATCH=YES
in /etc/make.conf

helps in getting around these dialogs -- however, UPDATING is your
friend when something goes amiss.

-Jeff