Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:26:47 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing multiple ports quietly and efficiently Message-ID: <48EA7487.2050901@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <26face530810061228g660203ebxe3e287f4e47c3b06@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530810061228g660203ebxe3e287f4e47c3b06@mail.gmail.com>
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Kelly Jones wrote: > Here's one way to install multiple FreeBSD ports "unattended" on a > machine: > > cd /usr/port/foo/prog1; make install; cd/usr/ports/foo/prog2; make install > > and so on (perhaps even in a shell script). Two problems: > > % It's ugly. I'd prefer "cd /usr/ports; make foo/prog1 foo/prog2 ..." > I'd suggest using portupgrade then just portinstall prog1 prog2 prog3 > % "make install" often pops up windows asking me to choose > configuration options, and hangs until I do so. > > > I want to install 50 apps on a new server, but not have to watch it > constantly. I want to tell ports: "just use the default options for > now: if I'm unhappy w/ them, I'll come back, do a 'make rmconfig' and > rebuild". > > How can I do this? > > add BATCH=yes to /etc/make.conf Vince
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