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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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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

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