Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:45:49 -0500 From: "Glenn E. Sieb" <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> To: Olivier Certner <olivier.certner@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keep compile options through upgrade Message-ID: <41F97D2D.4040302@wingfoot.org> In-Reply-To: <200501280034.13921.olivier.certner@free.fr> References: <200501280034.13921.olivier.certner@free.fr>
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Olivier Certner wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there an easy way to keep/retrieve the options last used to compile a >given port? This could be used with portupgrade to upgrade to a newer version >while retaining the previous build-time configuration (of course this won't >work if the options available change). > > Maybe I could put all the options in make.conf, but in this case I fear that >this file would become really messy. Moreover, if options are shared by >several ports, no fine grain tuning per port will be possible. > > Any advices? > > Check /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf Some ports keep things in /var/db/ports too... Best, --Glenn
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