Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:52:25 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building Ports: Is there a "make" equivalent for --batch ? Message-ID: <20121008105225.GB7670@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20121008024233.46787.qmail@joyce.lan> References: <15743.1349654499@tristatelogic.com> <20121008024233.46787.qmail@joyce.lan>
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[ John Levine wrote on Mon 8.Oct'12 at 2:42:33 -0000 ] > > ... Note that setting the BATCH environment variable to yes will answer > > yes to any prompts during this process, removing the need for manual > > intervention during the build process. > > > >(This was said with respect to upgrading ports via portupgrade.) > > Or you can use portmaster, which runs through all the ports first and > does the config dialogs before starting the rebuild. There are stil > a few places it can get stuck, but many fewer than portupgrade. > > Portmaster is worth a look just out of amazement. It is a 4,000 line > shell script. Yes, I use this myself and it is very good. I used to use portupgrade but changed when I started using 9.x, i'm not sure why. But to learn it's 4000 line shell is quite amazing. Its author must have some excellent shell wizardry skills! :-)
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