Where does a port store a saved configuration file?

Daniel Bye freebsd-questions at slightlystrange.org
Tue Apr 26 08:40:39 PDT 2005


On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 08:28:36AM -0700, scott renna wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I had a question regarding where in FreeBSD5.3 the
> configuration file for a port is stored.  I've been
> trying to find the saved configuration file that Snort
> created upon me selecting what options to include
> during the make install.  I had included support for
> Prelude, since I've never used it before, I figured
> I'd try it out.  Unfortunately, prelude has not been
> updated for Snort 2.0 yet.  
> 
> I'm trying to find the saved configuration file so
> that I can remove it and reselect what options I want
> snort built with, but no luck.  Anyone know where it's
> located at?  

/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk says that you can use `make showconfig' to see
the current config, and `make rmconfig' to clear it.

I haven't thus far tracked down where the config is stored...

HTH

Dan

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