From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 7 07:38:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD5016A407 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:38:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@hst.org.za) Received: from sirian.hst.org.za (sirian.hst.org.za [209.203.2.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD52343D66 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 07:38:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonathan@hst.org.za) Received: from localhost (localhost.hst.org.za [127.0.0.1]) by sirian.hst.org.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D2731C6BE for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:42:20 +0200 (SAST) Received: from sirian.hst.org.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sirian.hst.org.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01188-04 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:42:20 +0200 (SAST) Received: by sirian.hst.org.za (Postfix, from userid 1004) id E9E4731C6A5; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:42:19 +0200 (SAST) Received: from sysadmin.int.dbn.hst.org.za (sysadmin.int.dbn.hst.org.za [10.1.1.20]) by sirian.hst.org.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C6031C60B for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:42:19 +0200 (SAST) From: Jonathan McKeown Organization: Health Systems Trust To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:40:34 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <100416c30611061248o1ba138b5m9aa43e906a2b583c@mail.gmail.com> <8cb6106e0611061526s64af35ddn2e7ad0a1a2abf306@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0611061526s64af35ddn2e7ad0a1a2abf306@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611070940.34873.jonathan@hst.org.za> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on sirian.hst.org.za X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hst.org.za Subject: portupgrade wishlist (was Re: portupgrade forget package options) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:38:51 -0000 On Tuesday 07 November 2006 01:26, Josh Carroll wrote: > [snip: portupgrade waiting in config dialogs] > > 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. I know the answer is probably going to be one of: a) you have the source; b) it's too hard; c) you can already do it by ....; but I would very much like to see an option added to portupgrade like the -F/--fetch-only option for fetching distfiles, which would run any config target (recursing to required/dependent packages according to flags), and then stop. It could be called something like --configure, and abbreviated -j (mnemonic jumpstart: I'm reaching, since portupgrade is running out of meaningful single-letter options), and used like: portupgrade -Nj # jumpstart config dialogs for port and requirements portupgrade -F # fetch distfile(s) portupgrade -NR # install/upgrade ports and requirements, unattended This would allow ports and their requirements/dependents to be configured interactively at the first step, and compiled/installed unattended at the last step. Jonathan