Keep compile options through upgrade
Glenn E. Sieb
ges+lists at wingfoot.org
Thu Jan 27 15:47:04 PST 2005
Olivier Certner wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is there an easy way to keep/retrieve the options last used to compile a
>given port? This could be used with portupgrade to upgrade to a newer version
>while retaining the previous build-time configuration (of course this won't
>work if the options available change).
>
> Maybe I could put all the options in make.conf, but in this case I fear that
>this file would become really messy. Moreover, if options are shared by
>several ports, no fine grain tuning per port will be possible.
>
> Any advices?
>
>
Check /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf
Some ports keep things in /var/db/ports too...
Best,
--Glenn
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