From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 15 11:56:33 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 2F56516A417 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:56:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E227913C46E for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:56:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 15 Aug 2007 07:56:32 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id NQZ86912; Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:56:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 65-78-26-179.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([65.78.26.179]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 15 Aug 2007 07:56:25 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18114.59908.527755.64532@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:56:52 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200708150810.l7F8AJEv032092@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu> References: <46C20CB8.3010706@cam.ac.uk> <200708142245.l7EMjQ8o027148@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu> <20070815083210.M54184@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <200708150810.l7F8AJEv032092@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: portupgrade question 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: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:56:33 -0000 Nikola Lecic wrote: >> So the /etc/make.conf option is better. > > It is definitively the most universal and IMHO it should appear > in the Handbook. I try to avoid setting things in make.conf that do not need to be set there. Why? Because - as far as I know - they will apply to _everything_ that uses the standard "make" infrastructure. That includes today's port, where WITH_MUMBLEFROTZ is essential. It also includes the equally critical port you're trying to install in nine months, long after you forgot you put WITH_MUMBLEFROTZ in make.conf, and whose resultant misbehavior will be difficult to diagnose. (Misspell something, and you might even affect compiling the OS. No thanks.) I use portupgrade and pkgtools.conf. Perhaps not the fastest, but generally reliable and has few unintended consequences. Robert Huff