Using portsupgrade with make arguments

[dev at eth0.ch]

> On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:23:58PM +0200, dev at eth0.ch 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.
>
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