Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:01:47 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Giorgos Tsiapaliokas <terietor@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can i use flags at once? Message-ID: <20100608170147.b2375bf7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik5yHI-ml12wvrN9DJLZOZAstuwliARZKGVhUJw@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTim2DznYVnGYn0YJIeFbSTJWjpyBtFyMHwjuKHqm@mail.gmail.com> <20100608161850.566bf6b9.freebsd@edvax.de> <AANLkTik5yHI-ml12wvrN9DJLZOZAstuwliARZKGVhUJw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:47:29 +0000, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas <terietor@gmail.com> wrote: > for example when i was starting compiling kde i gave the commands, > > /usr/ports/x11/kde4 && make install clean > > after these commands,the kde package "asked" me which flags i want to use. This is okay. As long as options haven't been defined before, they are asked for interactively. For subsequent builds, they are stored. > with packages like this it is easy,but then i left away from the pc and when > i went back i saw that the system wanted my confirmation for some flags. A typical "problem", the solution is easy: "make config-recursive" will ask you PRIOR to any compiling for a specific port and its dependencies. Before knowing about this fine mechanism, I also was very annoyed of this forced interaction that stopped the building process many times. :-) The packages you can install via pkg_add have been compiled using default options, which may or may not fit your particular needs. > can i make all the flags confirmations in the begging of the installiation > of the packages? I mentioned "make config-recursive", but there are also tools like portmaster, portmanager and portupgrade that allow you to "remote- control" the ports system in a comfortable way. There are other make targets that may be interesting, such as the simple "make config", or "make rmconfig" and its recursive variant. See "man 7 ports" for a list of all available targets. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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