Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:23:51 +0200 From: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@bsd.hu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war Message-ID: <20080704052350.GA2654@baranyfelhocske.buza.adamsfamily.xx> In-Reply-To: <486DB09F.4080803@math.missouri.edu> References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> <486DB09F.4080803@math.missouri.edu>
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On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 12:09:51AM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Rob Lytle wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith < > > stephen@math.missouri.edu> wrote: <...> > >> You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into > >> /etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.) > > > > > > What the hell does "yes" mean? That all option boxes are checked, or none > > at all? I have never seen this explained anywhere. > > It means it acts as though you didn't change any of the check boxes at > all. (So either the default, or if it was previously set in > /var/db/ports, then what that is.) > > It is explained in "man ports" but not in great detail. Of course, doing "make config-recursive" is even better. That way you actually do have a chance to set the options, but on all screens in one go. After that, you can just get up and leave it to work. If you use portupgrade, you can also use /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf to record your preferences for options, they will be then used for all subsequent upgrades. Also, luckily the options do not change with every version upgrade, so it is quite possible to set them once using "make configure-recursive" and then only change them if there is a reason to, because your choices are recorded and automatically used by the ports by default. -- Regards: Szilveszter ADAM Budapest Hungary
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