From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 00:07:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E8A16A403 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 00:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgtour@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DA0E13C455 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 00:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mgtour@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so619144wxc for ; Thu, 03 May 2007 17:07:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=M2z2TRsrd74HrXM+GuoID8a9cYA4KI6cAPMf04BzxkOn74GaL5Zrnyc4MclTzR+a52cobohYGu1u/sRcVOy5sqJvhzSolER59S5i3b6nn+WYsTQY2sU0fmFiuAc4g5+iTMOO1WM8+jjUdF5V3LWJT5gaVEuymlfeIAN/Gh8/6KY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=Le7ol36zKKtiY2p1uYXtBlV0OhsVvRiN7vkwblzuUxGvP6e1doOcn4oe4pTckexw6H+xaR6xbTUTDnqQDUGpKoU4DQSo0m/4jYMJC0yKGfgp2P3i2JdJf8zPSK5oZw9I9wOgUF5QQtxFO/9hvASb/T41tgamfeOPUsOu+uLDuTE= Received: by 10.90.63.16 with SMTP id l16mr2703909aga.1178235689737; Thu, 03 May 2007 16:41:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.80.6 with HTTP; Thu, 3 May 2007 16:41:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <80f142630705031641p3c1c476v1abf823978c30c11@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 19:41:29 -0400 From: "Matt Grimes" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: portupgrade forget package options X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 00:07:06 -0000 Just a follow up. The most sensible solution to me is, to append the option "--batch" to portupgrade in the cron job. Then in cron job portupgrade will not bug me any more. On 11/6/06, Josh Carroll > wrote: >* > Today I found the CPU is drained up by 5 instances of *>* > "script" and "dialog", because everyday when portupgrade updates *>* > python, it tried to display a menu in text mode and ask for a few *>* > options (such as whether python should support IPv6 etc), which of *>* > course hangs in cron job. *>* *>* Some ports have a config make target which will save options. For *>* ports that do not, you can use pkgtools.conf and set MAKE_ARGS for *>* that port. *>* *>* It may be that a port was modified to support the config target, but *>* you have not yet run make config for it. It should remember the *>* options after you make config and select the options you want *>* included/excluded. *>* *>* Josh *>* _______________________________________________ *>* freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list *>* http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions *>* To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org " *>* *also, settting BATCH=YES in /etc/make.conf helps in getting around these dialogs -- however, UPDATING is your friend when something goes amiss. -Jeff