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Date:      Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:49:36 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1046641777.69db9f@mired.org>
To:        Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   saving port settings (Was: stupid question)
Message-ID:  <15963.58608.965159.133416@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <1046198601.3e5bb9499e7b5@webmail.lphp.org>
References:  <1046198601.3e5bb9499e7b5@webmail.lphp.org>

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In <1046198601.3e5bb9499e7b5@webmail.lphp.org>, Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org> typed:

First, next time choose a better subect. Nearly every original post is
a question.

> I am sure it is a common question, but I can't find the answer: 
> - how can I save my defined settings when building a port ? 
> Putting them in /etc/make.conf does not seem to work. 
> For exemple, if I want to build imapd with drac support, I go "make 
> WITH_DRAC=yes install", but I would love to go like "make install", putting 
> WITH_DRAC=yes in some configuration file somewhere so I don't have to write 
> nor remember it all the time (especially when upgrading). 
> Is that even possible ? 

Use portupgrade, from the ports tree. Then you can do "portupgrade
imapd" to update it, and it'll look in $(PREFIX)/etc/pkgtools.conf to
see what settings you want to use.

	<mike
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