Adjusting configuration options during port installation?

Matt Singerman matt.singerman at gmail.com
Sun Mar 26 18:43:47 UTC 2006


Hi Chris,

Thank you for letting me know about this option.  Unfortunately, the
specific configure options I am looking for are not listed there.  Is
there another way to go in and modify the configuration?

On 3/26/06, Chris Hill <chris at monochrome.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Matt Singerman wrote:
>
> > I am installing an upgrade to the Cyrus email server.  Our existing
> > email boxes are in a database format that is no longer used by Cyrus;
> > however, there is a configuration option which will instruct the new
> > version to use the old database format.  They are
> >
> > --with-mboxlist-db=berkeley and --with-seen-db=flat
> >
> > Is there a way to tell the FreeBSD port of Cyrus to use these options?
> > I am not extremely familiar with the ports system.
>
> An easy way would be to cd into the directory of the specific cyrus port
> you want, and type 'make config'. This will let you choose configuration
> options without actually installing the port. If you want to change
> something later, just run 'make config' again.
>
> --
> Chris Hill               chris at monochrome.org
> **                     [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
>


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