If i need to remember complex options for stuff like PHP, i just copy the
./configure line into a file and save it for the next time i download a
new version
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Steve Valliere wrote:
> This may be a silly question but...
>
> I was wondering if there's any tool or option or function or something that
> will help me to build (and install) a newer version of vpopmail (or many
> other packages) using the same options I used to build (and install) my
> existing version.
>
> If not, it kinda boggles my mind why a community with as many and as
> frequently updates as the linux community hasn't created such a useful
> feature. I cannot believe that everyone using linux (a) remembers every
> option used to build a package (yesterday, last month, last year, whenever)
> and/or (b) intuitively knows all of the correct configuration settings for
> every package they upgrade. However, it seems like a relatively trivial
> thing for a package creator to include such information, in a parsable
> format, for upgrades to use as a reference/starting point.
>
> Please just tell me I'm confused and that I should use the '?????' command
> to do just what I want.
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