From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 15:26:23 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B50716A418 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from work@ashleymoran.me.uk) Received: from mercureh.reacthosting.com (reacthosting.com [195.177.245.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D4913C4BA for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from work@ashleymoran.me.uk) Received: from hosta.jigsawfinance.com ([213.106.224.113] helo=[192.168.0.45]) by mercureh.reacthosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IrbAo-000C7W-77 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:26:02 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <2852884D-270A-4879-B960-C10A602E080E@ashleymoran.me.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ashley Moran Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:26:00 +0000 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - mercureh.reacthosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ashleymoran.me.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Ports with GUI configs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:26:23 -0000 Hi I was just wondering, what is the motivation behind the GUI configuration for some ports? Simply put, they drive me up the wall. I've lost count of the number of times I've come back to a big install to find it hanging on a config screen. Possibly I'm missing something. The apache22 port is the latest one to join this crowd, although there is an option to skip the GUI. I'm much happier using WITH_PROXY_MODULES or whatever, and managing everything in pkgtools.conf. What is the best way to pre-configure GUI-configured ports? For example, if I want to script an installation of several ports. I've seen this: , is it what I'm after? Thanks for any advice Ashley -- blog @ http://aviewfromafar.net/ linked-in @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleymoran currently @ work