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Date:      Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:34:53 +0300
From:      Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "TooMany Secrets" <toomany@toomany.net>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to make a make install without questions?
Message-ID:  <20070617153453.47eac2f1@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
In-Reply-To: <e8b5dfd50706170310g5aea6004ja5984ed6533a9202@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <e8b5dfd50706170310g5aea6004ja5984ed6533a9202@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:10:29 +0200
"TooMany Secrets" <toomany@toomany.net> wrote:

> Hi!
>=20
> Excuse me if this is a estupid question, but in six years with
> FreeBSD, today I haven't still an answer to this:
> - If I make a "make install clean", in a port like "x11/kde3", are
> there any way to make the lack of questions? Or maybe better, are
> there any way to make anything like "make -y (or -Y for YES options)
> install clean"?
>=20
> The trouble is ports like KDE, with platform independency (more or
> less cpu power), take more time because you need to stay (more or
> less) in front of computer to choose and accept the port options.
> I understand that you don't need this with other ports (like apache,
> php, etc), for obvious reasons. But I think that with ports like
> gnome2 or kde3, maybe I believe that it would be a great saving of
> time.
>=20
> Sorry if the question is understandable for my bad english.

`make config-recursive` in the port's directory will help, except for
ports that choose not to implement OPTIONS but their own custom script
(poking their maintainers might be a .. useful idea).


--=20
IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
  "Intellectual Property" is   nowhere near as valuable   as "Intellect"


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