Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:17:42 -0400 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Isabell Long <issyl0@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r39468 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <20120829171741.GA5967@glenbarber.us> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1208291302440.861@multics.mit.edu> References: <201208291429.q7TET3kL060721@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1208291302440.861@multics.mit.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 01:07:30PM -0400, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Isabell Long wrote: > > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml > > ============================================================================== > > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml Wed Aug 29 05:59:54 2012 (r39467) > > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml Wed Aug 29 14:29:03 2012 (r39468) > > @@ -976,6 +976,18 @@ docbook = > > <command>make <maketarget>install</maketarget></command> and > > <command>make <maketarget>clean</maketarget></command> > > as three separate steps.</para> > > + > > + <para>When installing a port, using only <command>make > > + <maketarget>install</maketarget></command> from the > > + beginning means there will potentially be many waiting > > + periods between user interaction as the default behaviour > > + is to prompt the user for options. When there are many > > + dependencies, this sometimes makes building a single port > > + a huge hassle. To avoid this, first run <command>make > > + <maketarget>config-recursive</maketarget></command> to > > + do the configuration in one batch. Then run > > Is this actually true these days? I seem to recall that (at least > pre-optionsng), if you changed port options so as to add new dependencies, > the new dependencies were not included in the config-recursive step, > requiring that 'make config-recursive' was run in a loop until it had > nothing more to configure. > Unfortunately, this is still true. Another edge-case is if a dependency were removed by an option selection (i.e., removing the WITH_APACHE option in lang/php5), the dependent port will continue to prompt for options even though it is no longer needed. I've actually been looking into the ugly bits on how this can be avoided. I think it would be highly useful for users in cases like this, and those using Ports Tinderbox for package building. But, it seems to be non-trivial... Glen [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQPk61AAoJEFJPDDeguUajutkIAIJC26EUBh4Ihgh5RAwS2AzG IpOaehfxTDfIpPjj88dIfY12ys6gmg526YDdWsBrs4CE59jaefINIZ+Lxo4wR8Kr d+DGQRKk7cxG6oKQeDnwJsVPfMMMEvAN3gr++6rwbzrDY0SDB9up3YZMYVYCTbD6 N9OHsIm7mQcYfL8Jnka0nB/D7ryHaCXP2R2+LGTgprSJWdXNnt4sQz5VzzzERvB3 AYzj5L5VaS9GtbWhBDJ0mMy5oKQbDd8DDOzBH41KqJu6Jz1eblBP9GS40Wj9Uf6a gbzNp34B1JC1KlwNHi0onUbldSShQMzcsMmLEEWOO/MhHuqj6LrcSxcJKjKGIeI= =qCS9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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