Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:40:09 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: interactive port example Message-ID: <20021101094009.B363@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20021031222315.GX934@k7.mavetju>; from edwin@mavetju.org on Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 09:23:15AM %2B1100 References: <20021101023943.Z363@welearn.com.au> <20021031222315.GX934@k7.mavetju>
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On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 09:23:15AM +1100, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 02:39:43AM +1100, Sue Blake wrote:
> > Do we have a good example of a port that (optionally?) asks a lot
> > of questions in order to perform local configuration changes during
> > the installation stage? I'm mainly thinking about changing things
> > like paths and options in the software's config files and spreading
> > installed components among extra subdirectories within its standard
> > directory structure for an alternative setup style.
>
> When I had such a beast I looked at the mail/postfix configuration-file
> and later I found out that www/mod_php4 had the same thing.
Thanks, they'll do nicely. I particularly like the use of the familiar
dialog(1) interface to help the user wade through multiple options.
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Regards,
-*Sue*-
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