batching port builds

[RW]

On Friday 30 June 2006 17:31, David J Brooks wrote:
> On Friday 30 June 2006 11:10, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> > Apologies if this is in a FAQ, I didn't see it.
> >
> > How does one tell the ports system to not query interactively for input,
> > and just take default build options, or a predefined set of options?
> > Running a portupgrade -a and finding the night wasted while the box sat
> > waiting for input is no fun at all.
>
> If you  do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' -  you will use the preset
> defaults for each port with options. Or you can do
> 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for
> the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies.
>
> See 'man ports' for more information.
>
> To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom
> scripting.
>
> David

This is what I use:
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#!/bin/sh
plist=`pkg_version -ovl'<' |awk '{ print $1 }'`
for porg in $plist ; do
    cd  /usr/ports/${porg} && make config-recursive
done
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not pretty, but it works for me. 

[Note: I use pkg_version, because neither pkg_version nor portmanager are 
bothered by package database inconsistencies. portupgrade and portversion 
both require full consistency so you may as well take advantage of 
portversion's speed.]