Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 02:14:30 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overriding OPTIONS. Message-ID: <200412060214.30958.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041206005409.GA42529@fajita.org> References: <20041206002919.GB56567@fajita.org> <200412060149.31062.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20041206005409.GA42529@fajita.org>
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--nextPart4005065.fdBOVSipq5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 6. December 2004 01:54, Lewis Thompson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 01:49:23AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Monday, 6. December 2004 01:29, Lewis Thompson wrote: > > > I've not had to do this yet but I was wondering what happens when a > > > port defines new OPTIONS choices... is there some nice way to override > > > the usage of the options file? > > > > To change your saved options, run 'make config' in the portdir. > > Yes, I understand this, but what if I want to force a user to run make > config because there are new OPTIONS? I guess you could experiment with overriding or removing _OPTIONSFILE, but = I=20 don't think it is a good idea to force re-displaying the menu, you're bound= =20 to annoy users who didn't expect the menu to popup again during portupgrade= =2E=20 Just announce the new options in ports/UPDATING. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart4005065.fdBOVSipq5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBs7J2Xhc68WspdLARAvkUAJ47+2SOfxsDIxCDFvP5jVg72latfwCfRCxB vH9Q/bAusB6OSWXXuw+/Rkk= =DXot -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4005065.fdBOVSipq5--
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