Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:23:10 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Avoid questions from portupgrade? Message-ID: <20040129082310.GB24024@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <871xpjmdl7.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: <871xpjmdl7.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de>
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--IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 08:13:56AM +0100, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > I started a "portupgrade -avR" yesterday. It stopped in the middle of > the night, after getting to GhostScript. GhostScript asks me which > drivers to compile. >=20 > Is there a way, preferrably in /etc/make.conf, that I can tell it > beforehand which drivers I want, so that GhostScript won't ask? Use the 'MAKE_ARGS' array in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf=20 =20 > Is there a way for me to find out which other ports like to ask > questions, which questions it asks, and to preanswer them? Only by experience, or by reading through the port's Makefile. You can switch off the interactive configuration by setting 'BATCH=3Dyes' in make's argument list. Most of the ports that use interactive configuration will in any case turn off the interactive stuff if you give them any WITH_FOO or WITHOUT_BAR options. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAGMLudtESqEQa7a0RAvVkAJ9UURvBFt2AVwdFZswsHWZ36JBCYwCfQ8Sr ee9VSWhgARGd1RxXQF8gkqs= =au+K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IrhDeMKUP4DT/M7F--
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