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Date:      Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:00:14 +0100
From:      Olivier Certner <olivier.certner@free.fr>
To:        "Glenn E. Sieb" <ges+lists@wingfoot.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Keep compile options through upgrade
Message-ID:  <200501281000.14562.olivier.certner@free.fr>
In-Reply-To: <41F97D2D.4040302@wingfoot.org>
References:  <200501280034.13921.olivier.certner@free.fr> <41F97D2D.4040302@wingfoot.org>

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 Thanks for these 2 answers. I didn't have seen this file mentioned in the=
=20
portupgrade manpage, so I could have been searching for a while before=20
finding...

Le Vendredi 28 Janvier 2005 00:45, Glenn E. Sieb a =E9crit=A0:
> Olivier Certner wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Is there an easy way to keep/retrieve the options last used to compile a
> >given port? This could be used with portupgrade to upgrade to a newer
> > version while retaining the previous build-time configuration (of course
> > this won't work if the options available change).
> >
> > Maybe I could put all the options in make.conf, but in this case I fear
> > that this file would become really messy. Moreover, if options are shar=
ed
> > by several ports, no fine grain tuning per port will be possible.
> >
> > Any advices?
>
> Check /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf
>
> Some ports keep things in /var/db/ports too...
>
> Best,
> --Glenn



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