Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:57:27 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: Dimitris Tsamis <dtsam@cc.ece.ntua.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passing make options to portmanager Message-ID: <200512170957.28015.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43A450EE.4090005@cc.ece.ntua.gr> References: <000a01c60cb3$8aac6130$2401a8c0@XGISH> <200512161805.25390.ringworm01@gmail.com> <43A450EE.4090005@cc.ece.ntua.gr>
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On Saturday 17 December 2005 09:54, Dimitris Tsamis wrote: > Michael C. Shultz wrote: > >On Friday 16 December 2005 16:31, Dimitris Tsamis wrote: > >>I want to switch from portupgrade to portmanager, but I have a few > >>questions. > >> > >>First of all, how do I pass make options to portmanager? (like the -m > >>option for portupgrade). I often pass selected make options to > >>multimedia players to choose what formats will be supported. > > > >Place make options in either pkgtools.conf, pm-020.conf or /etc/make.conf, > >man portmanager explains how. There isn't a way to pass make options > >from portmanager's command line. > > Thanks for clearing it up. > > >>Can someone verify that portmanager reads pkgtools.conf? > > > >You can see for yourself, run portmanager -u -ui, it will stop > >before upgrading the first port. As it collects initial information > >any make options found in either pm-020.conf or pkgtools.conf > >will be shown to the right of the port name. One caveat, you > >must have ruby and portupgrade installed or portmanager will > >ignore pkgtools.conf. > > I prefer to use pkgtools.conf because from what I understand it is a > system file, whereas pm-020.conf is only for portmanager (I have ruby > and portupgrade installed). > > >>Thanks for your time > > > >welcome > > > >-Mike > > Thanks for your answer :) Welcome -Mike
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