message for port developers
Phil Schulz
ph.schulz at gmx.de
Sat Jan 29 10:02:26 PST 2005
On 01/29/05 18:42, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> you know those blue configuration screens where you can select some
> configuration options ?
>
> Is it possible to first do ALL configuration screens of all the
> dependencies before building the ports ?
>
> So you know there will not be any screens until its done and you can
> spend the time doing something els ?
>
> Cant be that hart to do or am i mistaken ?
>
I'm not a port developer but I think you are looking for either `make
configure` or the BATCH variable.
If you know which ports you want to install on your system, you can do
a `make configure' for each port (where it is availeable) and then have
a skript fire up the `make install's. I'm not sure though if that works
recursively, i.e. you run `make configure' for e.g. the Gnome meta port
and you configure all the dependencies with that one command. Why don't
you try it? ;-)
If you think the default options are ok for you, you can add a line
like "BATCH=yes" in /etc/make.conf and the ports will be built w/o any
user interaction. Very useful for large builds.
HTH,
Phil.
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