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Date:      Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:14:12 +0200
From:      Dimitris Tsamis <dtsam@cc.ece.ntua.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Passing make options to portmanager
Message-ID:  <43A47194.8070805@cc.ece.ntua.gr>
In-Reply-To: <200512171902.50240.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
References:  <000a01c60cb3$8aac6130$2401a8c0@XGISH>	<200512161805.25390.ringworm01@gmail.com>	<43A450EE.4090005@cc.ece.ntua.gr> <200512171902.50240.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>

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RW wrote:

>On Saturday 17 December 2005 17:54, Dimitris Tsamis wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I prefer to use pkgtools.conf because from what I understand it is a
>>system file, whereas pm-020.conf is only for portmanager
>>    
>>
>
>This is incorrect.  
>
>pkgtools.conf is the configuration file for portupgrade and the other 
>package-tools installed by the portupgrade port.  Portmanager has recently 
>aquired the ability to read  pkgtools.conf, but it is not a system file, and 
>it is not read by the ports system if you use the make targets directly. 
>
>  
>
Ok, the name pkgtools is misleading - I thought it refered to pkg_add
and family.



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