From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 8 10:52:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7969106564A for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:52:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5808FC1A for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:52:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q98AqQU8069778 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:52:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q98AqQCO069777 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:52:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) X-Authentication-Warning: kontrol.kode5.net: jamie set sender to jamie@kode5.net using -f Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:52:25 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20121008105225.GB7670@kontrol.kode5.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <15743.1349654499@tristatelogic.com> <20121008024233.46787.qmail@joyce.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121008024233.46787.qmail@joyce.lan> x-operating-system: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 x-pgp-key: 1D31DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.6 at kontrol.kode5.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Building Ports: Is there a "make" equivalent for --batch ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:52:36 -0000 [ 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! :-)