Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:16:30 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Subject: Re: options Message-ID: <200503221516.33404.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <423F24C9.3070508@chuckr.org> References: <423F24C9.3070508@chuckr.org>
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--nextPart3133131.Gpqfcdqijz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 21. March 2005 20:47, Chuck Robey wrote: > I've been looking for info that certain ports use to store options ... I > have looked in the porters handbook andthe general handbook, no joy, and > yet I know that there are some ports that do no store their options in > cookie files, or in the environment. There's some sort of data base, > something in /var/run, or something like that. /var/db/ports > Can I get pointed at that code? It doesn't seem to be documented > anywhere I can find. The reason I care is, it doesn't seem to be > cleaned out by 'make clean', and while I think that's VERY wrong, Removing them on make clean would defy the purpose of this way of setting=20 options. > I need=20 > to know how to reset this options. Cd to the portdir and type 'make config' to change your options. Type 'make= =20 rmconfig' to delete set options, if present. To change or delete the option= s=20 of all the dependencies of this port as well, type 'make config-recursive' = or=20 make 'rmconfig-recursive' respectively. To reset saved options, you can als= o=20 simply delete the respective directory below /var/db/ports. =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 --nextPart3133131.Gpqfcdqijz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCQCjBXhc68WspdLARAuPwAJ9QWrGmuNzG14++PLttMW1cPXKDEACbB9Pd VVj/Y4yg3DhS0eHFzkAzjTk= =m5+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3133131.Gpqfcdqijz--
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