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Date:      Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:25:44 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?Q?Istvan_Gabor?= <suseuser04@lajt.hu>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_configure_recursively_and_build?= =?UTF-8?Q?_question?=
Message-ID:  <149e39bf.63f10213.51498098.2043a@lajt.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20130319223200.GC5368@sol>
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2013.=20m=C3=A1rcius=2019.=2023:32=20napon=20kaltheat@googlemail.com=20=C3=
=ADrta:

>=20On=20Tue,=20Mar=2012,=202013=20at=2005:45:07PM=20+0100,=20Istvan=20Ga=
bor=20wrote:
>=20>=20Hello:
>=20>=20
>=20>=20As=20there=20are=20no=20compiled=20FreeBSD=209.1=20packages=20for=
=20pkg=5Ftools=20I=20decided=20to=20build=20them.
>=20>=20Last=20I=20started=20to=20build=20kde3.=20First=20I=20issued=20ma=
ke=20configure-recursive=20in
>=20>=20/usr/ports/x11/kde3,=20then=20make=20install=20clean,=20and=20lef=
t=20the=20computer=20for=20overnight=20to=20work.
>=20>=20I=20expected=20a=20successful=20build=20by=20the=20morning=20but=20=
instead=20I=20found=20a=20screen=20requiring=20some
>=20>=20config=20options=20(for=20apache).=20I=20selected=20the=20options=
=20and=20the=20build=20went=20on.
>=20>=20But=20later=20other=20config=20windows=20came=20up,=20so=20far=20=
for=20mysqlclient,=20sane-backends,
>=20>=20tk,=20tcl,=20libxine=20and=20sdl.=20So=20my=20question=20are:
>=20>=20
>=20>=20What=20is=20configure-recursive=20good=20for=20then?=20I=20though=
t=20it=20is=20for=20preventing=20interactions
>=20>=20during=20the=20build=20process.=20Ho=20can=20I=20really=20configu=
re=20everything=20in=20one=20step=20and=20leave
>=20>=20the=20computer=20alone?
>=20>=20
>=20>=20Second,=20after=20I've=20done=20a=20configure-recursive,=20how=20=
can=20I=20start=20it=20over=20from=20scratch=20in=20case
>=20>=20I=20want=20to=20change=20some=20config=20option?=20If=20I=20reiss=
ue=20make=20configure-recursive,
>=20>=20I=20get=20only=20no=20configuration=20needed=20messages.
>=20>=20
>=20>=20Thanks,
>=20>=20
>=20>=20Istvan
>=20
>=20make=20config-recursive=20seems=20to=20be=20buggy.
>=20It=20seems=20not=20to=20be=20recursive=20as=20this=20would=20mean=20t=
hat=20with=20every=20change=20of=20an=20option=20of
>=20the=20root=20port=20or=20it's=20dependencies=20dependencies=20of=20th=
e=20root=20port=20might=20change.=20This=20could=20mean
>=20that=20make=20config=20needs=20to=20be=20invoked=20for=20a=20port=20t=
hat=20wasn't=20in=20the=20inital=20dependecy=20list=20of=20root
>=20port.
>=20The=20"root=20of=20all=20evil"=20seems=20to=20be=20in=20/usr/ports/Mk=
/bsd.port.mk=20line=206187=20ff.
>=20
>=20You=20might=20want=20to=20use=20ports-mgmt/portmaster.=20It=20creates=
=20options-files=20of=20a=20port=20and=20it's=20dependencies
>=20in=20a=20better=20way=20before=20starting=20to=20compile=20ports.

OK.=20Thanks=20for=20the=20explanation=20and=20suggestion.

Istvan



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