Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:41:49 +0100 From: Phil Schulz <ph.schulz@gmx.de> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: message for port developers Message-ID: <41FBD8ED.1070503@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <ef60af09050129102721cbbafb@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af090501290942568a3cbe@mail.gmail.com> <41FBCF95.3020706@gmx.de> <ef60af0905012910171bb98a81@mail.gmail.com> <ef60af090501291022196ccd70@mail.gmail.com> <ef60af09050129102721cbbafb@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/29/05 19:27, Gert Cuykens wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:22:18 +0100, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:17:46 +0100, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:01:57 +0100, Phil Schulz <ph.schulz@gmx.de> wrote: >>> >>>>I'm not a port developer but I think you are looking for either `make >>>>configure` or the BATCH variable. >>>> >>>> If you know which ports you want to install on your system, you can do >>>>a `make configure' for each port (where it is availeable) and then have >>>>a skript fire up the `make install's. I'm not sure though if that works >>>>recursively, i.e. you run `make configure' for e.g. the Gnome meta port >>>>and you configure all the dependencies with that one command. Why don't >>>>you try it? ;-) >>>> If you think the default options are ok for you, you can add a line >>>>like "BATCH=yes" in /etc/make.conf and the ports will be built w/o any >>>>user interaction. Very useful for large builds. >>>> >>>>HTH, >>>> >>>>Phil. >>>> >>> >>>BATCH=yes i can not do because some configuration leave some very nice toys out. >>> If you know what specific options you are looking for, you could configure the ports "by hand" and install them later. I think not all ports can be build with BATCH defined, at least that's what ports(7) suggests. >>>Now lets see you can call all dependencies with this if your index is working :) >>> >>>make pretty-print-build-depends-list >>>so with some grep magic you could tell to do make config in all does >>>dependencies. Now the trickie part how do you find out the new >>>dependencies after does configure screens ? >>> >> >>a maybe updating the index and do the same thing all over again until >>there are no new dependencies ? >> > > > can you update the index after a configure that adds a extra > dependencie to the port ? > I don't know. I don't think it would be very efficient in terms of effort vs. use. How many ports do you really want to install with non-default options? And how often do you re-configure them? You probably want to wait for an opinion from someone else who knows more, though. Phil.
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