Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:14:58 +0100 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HOWTO: run portupgrade with original options for perl5.8 Message-ID: <453CEA82.6060408@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200610231106.10504.lane@joeandlane.com> References: <200610231106.10504.lane@joeandlane.com>
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Lane wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I run openwebmail which wants perl compiled -DENABLE_SUIDPERL
>
> However, when I portupgrade perl, this option is apparently not reused, and
> openwebmail fails until I recompile perl.
>
> I note that there is no entry for perl in /var/db/ports (i.e. no "options" are
> recorded).
>
> I also note that the /options that are present for other ports contain the
> header:
>
> # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
> # No user-servicable parts inside!
>
> and when I run make config from /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8 I get
>
> ===> No options to configure
>
> So the question is: How do I get portupgrade to remember the options I used
> when I compiled perl?
>
the config file for portupgrade is /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf which
contains a config line of
MAKE_ARGS = {
}
either read the inline comments to get the idea what to add here and
tune for your site or just change this to
MAKE_ARGS = {
'lang/perl5.8' => 'ENABLE_SUIDPERL=YES',
}
To fix your issue.
Vince
> Thanks!
>
> lane
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