Re: How to check current port options before updating

2011-08-31 Thread zszalbot
Hello!   > does it. Will "make config" show it? > > make showconfig Thank you very much to everyone who has contributed - you're simply the best :)!  "make showconfig" is great for this purpose indeed!  Many thanks again! Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freeb

Re: How to check current port options before updating

2011-08-31 Thread George Liaskos
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:36 AM, wrote: > Dear all, > > I have been wondering how I can check current options of a port before I > update it. The port in question (apache22) has a number of options and I > would like to look at the current ones so that I do not install options that > I may not

Re: How to check current port options before updating

2011-08-31 Thread Robert Huff
Kaspars Bankovskis writes: > Yes, "make config" shows saved options. For clarity: do this in /. "make showconfig" is the read-only alternative. > You can find them in the file /var/db/ports/portname/options as > well. That works too.

Re: How to check current port options before updating

2011-08-31 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, zszal...@ovi.com wrote: I have been wondering how I can check current options of a port before I update it. The port in question (apache22) has a number of options and I would like to look at the current ones so that I do not install options that I may not need. I'd apprec

Re: How to check current port options before updating

2011-08-31 Thread Kaspars Bankovskis
Yes, "make config" shows saved options. You can find them in the file /var/db/ports/portname/options as well. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:36:16PM -0700, zszal...@ovi.com wrote: > Dear all, > > I have been wondering how I can check current options of a port before I > update it. The port in questi