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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:51:52 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>, "Todorov @ Paladin" <todorov@paladin.bulgarpress.com>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 5.5 to 6.1 upgrade
Message-ID:  <44ECBFE8.7000809@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060823193309.GA77890@rambler-co.ru>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060823010930.9072A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>	<5B7BD83A-6316-4C20-903E-B5D66D4F2642@khera.org>	<44EB5354.6070007@paladin.bulgarpress.com>	<F55D8A99-A30E-49DB-94F3-8A1737CF7556@khera.org>	<44EB6411.4040406@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <20060823193309.GA77890@rambler-co.ru>

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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:07:45PM +0300, Todorov @ Paladin wrote:
>> Also - why portupgrade is not always aware of
>> previously chosen options for a port build?
>>
> It depends.  If options are OPTIONS (in the ports sense), they
> are saved and independent of portupgrade.  If options are
> makefile options specified in pkgtools.conf, they are only
> taken into accont if the port is (re)build explicitly; they
> are not taken into account if a port is (re)built as a
> dependency of another port.  In plain text: if port B has
> options in pkgtools.conf, and port A has B as its dependency,
> and you portinstall/portupgrade A, B will be built (if needs
> be) without pkgtools.conf options.  Be careful.

sysutils/portconf does not have that limitation. If you specify flags using
that method, they will always be used.

FYI,

Doug

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