portinstall --batch something

RW fbsd06 at mlists.homeunix.com
Thu Apr 26 12:15:37 UTC 2007


On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:03:13 +0200
Stevan Tiefert <stevan_tiefert at yahoo.de> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> what will portinstall do if I give it the --batch argument? Will it 
> compile the port with all options it knows or only the standard ones?
> I ask because "man 1 portinstall" or "man 7 ports" is not informative 
> enough at this point.
>

It does the makes with BATCH=yes set. The main effect of this is that
it prevents the options menus from showing, which means ports build
with the last options set or the default. 



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