Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:55:46 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: which ports require dialog during update Message-ID: <4EA4B792.2000906@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20111023100740.CAA8D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20111022080608.C0136106566B@hub.freebsd.org> <4EA3109A.4050402@FreeBSD.org> <20111023100740.CAA8D1065670@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 10/23/2011 02:48, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>: > >> I like to have all config dialogs done and out of the way. > >> You might want to consider using portmaster, which handles that >> (and a bunch of other stuff) for you. > > I think portmaster has an equivalent for 'portupgrade -R' to > portupgrade dependencies? > > I think one would use 'portupgrade -r' less frequently. I've never used portupgrade, so I don't know the answer to those questions, sorry. The portmaster man page should be helpful. > I like to save a build log, would the config-recursive part be > disrupted or disruptive? I don't understand that question either. :) portmaster has an option to log build/install, and it's completely separate from the process of showing the user the config dialogs. The configuration option to save those logs is in the portmaster man page. > NetBSD pkgsrc, which has been ported to other mostly (quasi-)Unix > OSes as well, has a better way: putting options in /etc/mk.conf : not > to say NetBSD pkgsrc is better than FreeBSD ports system, just that > they have a good idea in this aspect. You might want to look at ports-mgmt/portconf. In many ways the OPTIONS dialog is superior to having to write out options in config files. OTOH, a needed improvement to it is that the defaults should take the settings that are already in the environment into account. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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