Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:30:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Zoltan Frombach <zoltan@frombach.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portupgrade -af question Message-ID: <20041027132855.R42571@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <001601c4bc49$ed540ec0$e201a8c0@p4> References: <BAY2-DAV100Bqhk6KR800012731@hotmail.com><20041027003640.K42571@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> <001601c4bc49$ed540ec0$e201a8c0@p4>
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Zoltan Frombach wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:35:16PM -0700, Zoltan Frombach typed:
>>> 8. recompile the few ports that needs special options and/or local
>>> patching
>>
>> You can omit step 8 by editing /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. e.g.
>>
>> MAKE_ARGS = {
>> 'lang/perl5.8' => 'WITH_THREADS=yes',
>> }
>
> In fact, I do have those compile options set in my
> /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf file. But are you sure that portupgrade will use
> those even when called with the -P flag ( eg: portupgrade -af -P )? If it is
> true then of course step 8 can be eliminated. Can anyone confirm this?
Step 8 is required, because of the possibility of a binary package upgrade
with -P.
Regards,
Andy
| Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
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