Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:58:32 -0600 From: "Paul Schmehl" <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: "Erik Norgaard" <norgaard@locolomo.org>, "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Message-ID: <020801c511f5$e4f55430$7702a8c0@officeeagle> References: <007501c511b8$2d9fcff0$6401a8c0@GRANT> <420F34E6.6020108@locolomo.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Norgaard" <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:07 AM Subject: Re: Ports > > Till then, you'll have to look in the Makefile, there are typically a lot > of WITH_ or WITHOUT_ options. When posible, I recommend installing with > default options and configure those options manually, otherwise, remember > to save your custom options somewhere. It makes upgrade easier. > I can't believe you said this and got away with it. You can save your make options in /etc/make.conf and never have to mess with them again, unless you decide to change your install for some reason. See the following posts, for example: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-July/053070.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-August/017036.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-isp/2003-June/000510.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-April/044315.html Paul Schmehl (baldeagle) The Stovebolt Geek geek@stovebolt.com http://www.stovebolt.com
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