How do I install ports hands-off?

[Matthew Seaman]

Atom Powers wrote:
> For most ports I can pkg_add them to get them installed without
> prompts. But for some ports I special make configurations that require
> me to build the port from source. Usually I use portinstall for this,
> but this causes problems if the make process requires additional
> input.
> 
> How can I build a port using the default options, except those defined
> in make.conf, without requiring me to confirm the option for each
> port?

Add BATCH=yes to /etc/make.conf, or set it in your environment.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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