From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 02:29:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D58C116A420 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:29:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC3913C4C1 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:29:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1888435waf for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:29:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=G5lZru+l3A5hsQv7wQV6JhOvw9X9/Ln4U8ShXOR2QTY=; b=FMoSPYeAskCla2sV1FPwUPdqw+05MjzAz3UG9uhoVIgD1AgY62JgsWLj0pNYFBJVHbtppWC1Ma6H1HbFe6XA/Ljjae2xVdzIwCjxKGhxFil9w/HcnVmKPD9nRpjC6/nmzpy9BUrRqvvbpYw4oh0zdQaige+FVBLP2P9ujZa3NSI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Kmj+BYHC1NfsNehvCb1t7+FCEswozd543ln9EKHi7qpIQ9cgcpEmn4FAA1o+keRZdB4zIxHqwIzqg18Ed5/pZ/LAVo49gp3hS7qh0X+NJaRDTed/d2lJkaU5nXlvP4lYMP0LA+SuR86zUc2pz3dwPOHk/L6Qysq0UiF5iNOPQys= Received: by 10.114.120.1 with SMTP id s1mr161094wac.1194920953589; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:29:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.209.8 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:29:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <539c60b90711121829r3d1ff92fy151c096a1f22f225@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:29:13 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "Ashley Moran" In-Reply-To: <2852884D-270A-4879-B960-C10A602E080E@ashleymoran.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2852884D-270A-4879-B960-C10A602E080E@ashleymoran.me.uk> X-Google-Sender-Auth: dfe125766d4f8c85 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with GUI configs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: stevefranks@ieee.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:29:22 -0000 Not to mention, as a novice, I've discovered that for 20-60% of all ports, messing with the defaults makes the port fail to build.... Steve On Nov 12, 2007 8:26 AM, Ashley Moran wrote: > Hi > > I was just wondering, what is the motivation behind the GUI > configuration for some ports? Simply put, they drive me up the > wall. I've lost count of the number of times I've come back to a big > install to find it hanging on a config screen. Possibly I'm missing > something. > > The apache22 port is the latest one to join this crowd, although > there is an option to skip the GUI. I'm much happier using > WITH_PROXY_MODULES or whatever, and managing everything in > pkgtools.conf. > > What is the best way to pre-configure GUI-configured ports? For > example, if I want to script an installation of several ports. > > I've seen this: , is it what > I'm after? > > Thanks for any advice > Ashley > > > -- > > blog @ http://aviewfromafar.net/ > linked-in @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleymoran > currently @ work > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089