Which ports store/use OPTIONS (/var/db/ports/portname/options)?

[Ade Lovett]

On Feb 27, 2006, at 09:47 , Scot Hetzel wrote:
> NOTE: reason 2 & 3 can be solved by setting the BATCH variable when
> building the port, but it then doesn't allow you to set OPTIONS on the
> first time the port is built.  Instead it uses the ports default
> options.

That's what "make config-recursive" is for.  When installing  
something through ports that is likely to have a bunch of  
dependencies, some of which may have options, and you want to leave  
the build unattended, it becomes a two stage process:

cd /usr/ports/foo/bar
make config-recursive
...
[it'll trawl through the dependency chain, popping up the OPTIONS  
dialog for any ports]
...
make install

-aDe