Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:05:58 +0100 (BST) From: "Drew Marshall" <drew@themarshalls.co.uk> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing php4 Message-ID: <47759.194.70.180.170.1090839958.squirrel@194.70.180.170> In-Reply-To: <20040724232921.GC7816@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <41022833.6090509@themarshalls.co.uk> <41022D4E.8040307@circlesquared.com> <20040724104531.GC91096@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <4102BF57.1080308@themarshalls.co.uk> <20040724232921.GC7816@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sun, July 25, 2004 0:29, Matthew Seaman said:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 08:58:15PM +0100, Drew Marshall wrote:
>
>> I understand the logic but I would have thought a line somewhere in
>> Makefile or the README just to give poor stupid people like me a clue as
>> to where to start looking. Ons further question that has come from my
>> compilation of the php4-extension is that once you have made your
>> selection the first time these options seem to be saved somewhere (The
>> build process states found previous configuration or similar) where is
>> this? I missed an option in my hurry this morning and now can't get back
>> to the menu options (No matter how many make cleans, pkg_deletes etc I
>> do) to re-set or add the options.
>
> the lang/php?-extensions ports just use the standard OPTIONS mechanism
> that a large number of other ports use.
>
> To modify a previously setup configuration, just do:
>
> # make reconfig
>
> The configuration data is stored as a file /var/db/ports/{foo}/options
> where {foo} is the LATEST_LINK name for the port -- ie the same name
> as the package installed by the port, but with any version numbers
> split off. It can be different though.
>
> In order to return any particular port to the pristene never
> configured state, simply delete the appropriate {foo} directory from
> /var/db/ports. you can do that by:
>
> # make rmconfig
>
> In order to prevent the options dialog ever coming up (eg. when you've
> supplied your own settings via portupgrade's MAKE_ARGS array), add
> BATCH=yes either in the environment or to the make argument list (the
> MAKE_ARGS array is probably the handiest way of doing that). All of
> these things are discussed in the ports(7) man page.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew
Thank you so much for your help, that's one of the things I love about
Open Source, you never stop learning!
Kind regards
Drew
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