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Date:      Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:36:12 +0100
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        Philip Lykke Carlsen <plcplc@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recursive port configuration
Message-ID:  <20051114093611.GA31543@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <200511140946.50847.plcplc@gmail.com>
References:  <200511140207.49442.plcplc@gmail.com> <20051114034057.GA6650@flame.pc> <200511140946.50847.plcplc@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 09:46:50AM +0100, Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote:
> Monday 14 November 2005 04:40 skrev Giorgos Keramidas:
> > On 2005-11-14 02:07, Philip Lykke Carlsen <plcplc@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all..
> > >
> > > .. Is there any way to recursively configure the dependencies of a given
> > > port?
> >
> > For those ports that support a 'make config' target, you can
> > always use 'config-recursive':
> >
> >     # cd /usr/ports/category/foo
> >     # make config-recursive
> >
> > There are some ports that don't support 'config' though, so you
> > may have to create a local customization set of options in the
> > `/usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf' file.  Look for the comment that
> > describes the MAKE_ARGS hash of options.
> >
> > - Giorgos
> 
> aah.. thanks :-) .. is there any way to get information on the make targets of 
> the portssystem?.. I seem to find out only at random.. and I'm not all that 
> good at reading make-files :-/

The ports(7) manpage is a good place to start.


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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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