> On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:23:58PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> just to get it clear for me: If I upgrade a port that has been >> originally >> installed with additional make arguments I must include them again. Is >> the >> following correct? >> >> Original installation: >> # make arg_1=val_1 arg_2=arg_2 install clean >> >> Upgrading port using portupgrade: >> # portupgrade -R -m "arg_1=val_1 arg_2=arg_2" port > > If you still want the new version of the port to be built with those > arguments, yes. Instead of having to remember to type them in all the > time, add them to the MAKE_ARGS array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf > -- that way they'll be applied every time you upgrade the port. > > There are now quite a few ports where that is strictly no longer > necessary. Those are the ports using the new 'OPTIONS' code committed > last January -- an example is devel/gettext. These ports will popup a > dialog box and record the settings you choose the first time you run > 'make' in them[1], and then default to using those settings every time > you rebuild the port, or until an update to the port changes the set > of options available or until you run 'make config' again. However, > this only works for the ports that use the OPTIONS code.
I saw exactly that when upgrading gettext. :-) I'll put the args in pkgtools.conf. Thanks. Dave > You can mix both styles with impunity -- put entries into > pkgtools.conf as well as rely on the cached OPTIONS values -- I think > pkgtools.conf should override the OPTIONS cache, but you'll have to > experiment to be absolutely sure. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [1] If you don't want the dialogs to appear set BATCH=yes in the > environment or in /etc/make.conf This will automatically give you the > default settings. > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
