Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:56:26 -0300 From: Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz> To: scott renna <flexble2547@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where does a port store a saved configuration file? Message-ID: <20050426125626.50a549a7@ale.varnet.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20050426152836.7133.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050426152836.7133.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:28:36 -0700 (PDT) scott renna <flexble2547@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > I had a question regarding where in FreeBSD5.3 the > configuration file for a port is stored. I've been > trying to find the saved configuration file that Snort > created upon me selecting what options to include > during the make install. I had included support for > Prelude, since I've never used it before, I figured > I'd try it out. Unfortunately, prelude has not been > updated for Snort 2.0 yet. > > I'm trying to find the saved configuration file so > that I can remove it and reselect what options I want > snort built with, but no luck. Anyone know where it's > located at? > > thanks Hello, If the port uses the OPTIONS variable (in the Makefile) the configuration is at "/var/db/ports/<portname>", and you can change it with "make config", show it with "make showconfig" and remove it with "make rmconfig". If the port uses a shell script (ports that have a subdirectory called "scripts" with a file usually called "config"), it usually creates a file called "Makefile.inc" in the port directory, that is included by the port Makefile and it is removed when you do a "make clean". Best Regards, Ale
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