Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:08:28 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make config-recursive for an individual port Message-ID: <20210130170828.0299f4b5@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <5dfb1c4a-d7b3-2059-c76e-7cfd1490c812@dreamchaser.org> References: <5dfb1c4a-d7b3-2059-c76e-7cfd1490c812@dreamchaser.org>
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:53:56 -0700 Gary Aitken wrote: > I have most ports installed via packages. > But when I do a make config-recursive from the directory of an > individual port, it brings up the config dialogs of packages which > are already installed. In fact, it appears as if it is trying to > configure the whole ports tree, but of that I can't be sure; things > like git, curl, bash-completion, etc. > > Does this mean it is going to try to build those ports as well? > Does this mean it will try to install them when I do a make install? > If not, why are they being configured in the first place? Because that's what the "-recursive" part means - configure the current port and anything it depends on. When you "make install" it will build the dependencies that aren't already installed.
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