On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:21 +0100 Dominic Fandrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't mind ports that use the config framework. You can deal with > them without trouble by setting BATCH, using portmaster or > portconfig-recursive from bsdadminscripts. > > But I find ports like ghostscript-gpl that open an ncurses dialogue > between configure and build stage very annoying. They are the reason > one wakes up in the morning and finds out that instead of having > finished all updates, the machine hasn't even started updating, > because it's just hanging there, waiting with a config dialogue that > doesn't even remember what I choose last time. > > I cannot find any policy on interactive ports in the Porters' > Handbook. Maybe there aught to be one. Setting BATCH is supposed to prevent genuinely interactive ports from building (that's actually the original purpose of BATCH). In my experience ghostscript-gpl will build with default options if you set BATCH, or are you saying that you need a specific non-default option? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
